Tissue Webquest
Muscles and their Functions
What is this about?
Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
Nerve/Muscle Tissue
Nerve Tissue is composed of cells that receive stimuli and conduct impulses to and from all parts of the body. Nerve cells are long and like strings. Brain, Spinal cord, Nerves.
Muscle Tissue: Responsible for body movement, Moves
blood, food, wastes through body’s organs and for mechanical digestion.
Scarring of the Tissue
The formation of a scar pulls the edges of the skin together, this causes the area of the skin to be tight. The decrease In the size of the skin can effect the joints, muscles, and tendons which causes a decrease in movement. Skin grafts are done after the scar tissue is removed. Scarring is the result of a body system that learned to respond to a wound very quickly. Scars are areas of fibrous tissue that replace normal skin after a injury. A scratch effects the epithelial tissue, Scars cover up the damaged tissues.