In the kidneys, tiny tubes that function in urine formation have walls composed of a single layer of cube shaped cells.  What type of tissue does this describe?

Which tissue includes cells that receive and transmit impulses for signaling?

The function of melanocytes is to synthesize melanin, which protects skin cells from the effects of ultraviolet light.

View this scoring rubric to see how I will score your answer.  Follow everything stated in the rubric to earn the best score.  Write your answer in paragraph form. An elderly patient arrives in the emergency room where you are a nurse.  He was burned in a kitchen fire at his home.  His face and neck have been burned (anterior side), as well as the upper half of his torso (anterior side) and approximately half of his right arm (front and back).  The burns are severe, as indicated by the multicolored look and obviously burned tissues.  Muscle and bone are even exposed in some areas.A.  Use the rule of nines to estimate the percentage of the patient’s body that has been burned.  What type of burn does he have, based on the description?B. What is the most immediate problem this patient has?  Describe why, based on skin function.C. What is the second most urgent problem this patient faces?  Describe why, based on skin function.D. The physician you are working with asks you to tell the patient’s family about what his treatments will include both immediately and down the road.  What would you tell them?  Include information about how the burns across his torso may affect his breathing and why.  

Which tissue is best for protection, insulation, & energy storage?

Extra Credit (3 Points): Choose each location below that is lined with a mucous membrane on its inner surface (select ALL THAT APPLY):

Which of the four major types of tissues often functions as “filler” between linings or coverings and underlying muscular tissue?

Which is shed (sloughed off)?

Myrtle the 94 year old senile nurse accidentally hooks her patient up to an IV bag containing pure water containing no solutes rather than a bag of isotonic fluids.  Select the four answers that are true.

What part of the cell houses chromosomes?