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Name:________________________
Date:_____________Hour:______
Cell Specialization Lab
Introduction
The human body, like the body of any animal or plant, is made up of many millions of
individual cells. But these cells are not scattered through the body in disorder or confusion. The
body is a well-organized community of cooperating cells.
Cells adapt themselves and develop into a remarkable variety of different forms and
sizes. Similar cells group together to perform similar work. The work these cells do is called a
special function of the cells, and the group of cells itself is called a tissue. In turn, tissues group
together to perform a special function. Such groups of tissues are called organs of the body.
Directions
In this lab each student will be observing and reading about different types of tissues
found in multi-cellular organisms. For each station, please read the information given on the
card. Then, please draw what each tissue looks like. Last, answer the questions about that tissue
in the space provided. Each student must stay at his/her station until it is time to rotate.
Station 1 – Voluntary Muscle Cells
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1. Why are these muscles called voluntary muscles?
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2. What gives the muscles a striped appearance?
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3. What is the function of voluntary muscle cells?
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Station 2 – Involuntary (Smooth) Muscle Cells
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1. Why are these muscles called involuntary muscles?
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2. What is another name for this type of muscle? Why?
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3. Where is this type of tissue found in the body?
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Name:________________________
Date:_____________Hour:______
Station 3 – Heart Muscle
Magnification = ________
1. About how big is your heart?
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2. When does your heart begin pumping blood?
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3. What is the function of heart muscle?
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Station 4 – Areolar Connective Tissue
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1. Why must connective tissue not be too hard?
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2. What are the dark blue ovals you see?
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3. What is the function of connective tissue?
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Station 5 – Bone Tissue
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1. What are the parts labeled A?
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2. What chemical is deposited between the cells to
make them hard?
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3. What is the function of bone cells?
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Name:________________________
Date:_____________Hour:______
Station 6 – Blood
Magnification = ________
1. How is a blood smear slide made?
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2. Where are blood cells made?
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3. What does a red blood cell not have that other cells
do have?
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4. What is the function of red blood cells?
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5. What is the function of white blood cells?
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Station 7 – Adipose Tissue
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1. What is the common name for adipose tissue?
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2. What happened to the nucleuses of these cells?
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3. What is the function of adipose tissue?
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Station 8 – Spinal Cord
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1. What types of cells are shown in this slide?
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2. What parts of the body are made of nerve cells?
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3. What is the function of nerve cells?
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