Functions of animal and plant tissue?

Question

what are the functions of the following?

a. cartilage

b. adipose tissue

c. oocyte

d. neuron

e. bone

f. seminiferous tubule

g. white blood cell

h. red blood cell

Answer 1

a)Cartilage is a tough, semi transparent, elastic, flexible connective tissue consisting of cartilage cells (chondrocytes and chondroblasts) scattered through a lipoprotein material strengthen by collagen fibers. The exterior  part of  cartilage  is covered by dense fibrous membrane called the perichondrium. There are no nerves or blood vessels in cartilage, and when damaged, it does not heal readily.

Cartilage  has several  functions. It covers the  surface of  joints, allowing bones to slide over one  another, thus  reducing  friction and preventing damage; it also acts as a shock absorber. It forms part  of  the structure of the skeleton  in the ribs, where it joins them to the breastbone (sternum). Cartilage is found in the tip of the nose, in the external ear, in the walls of  the windpipe (trachea) and  the voice box  (larynx)  where it provides support and shape. In an embryo,  the skeleton is formed of  cartilage  which  is  gradually  replaced  by  bone  as  the embryo grows

b)A type of connective tissue that stores fat

c)An oocyte, ovocyte, or rarely oöcyte, is a female gametocyte or germ cell involved in reproduction. In other words, it is an immature ovum, or egg cell. An oocyte is part of the ovary development.

d)is a flexible and powerful simulator of neurons and networks

has important advantages over general-purpose simulators

helps users focus on important biological issues rather than purely computational concerns

has a convenient user interface

has a user-extendable library of biophysical mechanisms

has many enhancements for efficient network modeling

offers customizable initialization and simulation flow control

is widely used in neuroscience research by experimentalists and theoreticians

is well-documented and actively supported

is free, open source, and runs on (almost) everything

e)Bone is living tissue that makes up the body's skeleton. There are three types of bone tissue:

compact tissue - the harder, outer tissue of bones

cancellous tissue - the sponge-like tissue inside bones

subchondral tissue - the smooth tissue at the ends of bones, which is covered with another type of tissue called cartilage

f)Seminiferous tubules are located in the testicles, and are the specific location of meiosis, and the subsequent creation of gametes, namely spermatozoa.

The epithelium of the tubule consists of sustentacular or Sertoli cells, which are tall, columnar type cells that line the tubule.

g)White blood cells, or leukocytes, are cells of the immune system defending the body against both infectious disease and foreign materials. Several different and diverse types of leukocytes exist, but they are all produced and derived from a multipotent cell in the bone marrow known as a hematopoietic stem cell. Leukocytes are found throughout the body, including the blood and lymphatic system

h)Red blood cells are also known as RBCs, red blood corpuscles (an archaic term), haematids or erythrocytes (from Greek erythros for "red" and kytos for "hollow", with cyte translated as "cell" in modern usage).

A schistocyte is a red blood cell undergoing cell fragmentation, or a fragmented part of a red blood cell