Identify four major types of tissues found within the body

Question 1. What similarities and differences do we see when comparing an individual`s cells?

Question 2. What is a tissue? Identify the four major types of tissues found within the body. Explain where within the body you would find them AND explain their general functions.

Question 3. Identify the three major types of muscle tissue. Where do you find each of the types? Explain whether each of the three types is under voluntary or involuntary control. Which of the three types are striated? Which are not?

Question 4. What is an organ? Which five organs are considered vital for survival?

Question 5. What is an organ system? Describe the general functions of each of the 11 organ systems of the body and know their basic components (organs).

Question 6. Based on what you have read thus far this semester, put the following in order from least complex (or inclusive) to most complex (or inclusive): molecules, organs, organism, cells, organ systems, tissues, atoms. Which of these levels have the characteristics of life (and are, therefore, considered alive?)?

Question 7. Anatomists standardize the way in which they view/describe body parts by relying upon a reference point called anatomical position. Describe anatomical position.