However, matrix can increase in mass if cancer or other tumor cells secrete excessive amounts of matrix. Some ovarian cancers are reputed to secrete many, many liters of matrix fluid. List some ways that a malignant tumor might damage the body so as to eventually cause death. Impinge on vital nerve pathways, impinge on or erode vital blood vessels, consume nutrients without returning any useful function, cause compression of brain tissue and thus harming central nervous system function, or cause mechanical interference with normal organ function. Nerve tissue has the potential to become muscle tissue because a. all cells have the same DNA b. nerve tissue is more closely related to muscle tissue than it is to epithelial tissue 2.
Blood is considered to be a. nervous tissue c. muscle tissie b.
Criteria used to classify various types of epithelial tissue include a. whether the cells are layered or not c. The non-cellular part of a tissue is called a. cortex b. lamina c. matrix d. cell glue 6. Muscle and bone form from the layer of cells of an embryo called a. ectoderm b. mesoderm c. endoderm d. medulla 7. Tissue is seen covering a body surface. The deep layer of cells are seen to have a cube shape and the outer layer of cells having a columnar shape and with cilia.