NAHP NRCMA Exam - Topic 5 Question 25 Discussion

Actual exam question for NAHP's NRCMA exam

Question #: 25
Topic #: 5

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Tissues are composed of

Amuscles

Bflesh

Ccells

Dorgans

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Suggested Answer: C

Tissues are composed of cells. A tissue is a group of similar cells that perform a specific function. There are four primary types of tissues in the human body: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissues. Each type of tissue has a distinct structure and function that contributes to the overall physiology of the body.

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Kaycee

7 months ago

Muscles are a type of tissue, but not all tissues are muscles!

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Carmelina

7 months ago

Wait, aren't tissues just a bunch of organs?

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Nancey

7 months ago

Totally agree, it's all about the cells.

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Marva

7 months ago

Tissues are made of cells!

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Ruby

7 months ago

Flesh? Really? That seems off.

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Clay

8 months ago

I remember tissues being a level above cells, but I think cells are the basic building blocks. So, I’m leaning towards C as well.

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Carol

8 months ago

I’m torn between cells and organs. I know tissues are made of something smaller, but I can’t recall if it’s just cells or something else.

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Nobuko

8 months ago

I feel like this is similar to a practice question we did on the hierarchy of biological organization. Cells definitely seem to be the right answer.

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Albina

8 months ago

I think tissues are made up of cells, but I’m not completely sure. I remember something about that from our last lecture.

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Gaston

9 months ago

Okay, I remember learning that tissues are collections of similar cells that work together to perform a specific function. So the correct answer has to be C, cells.

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Mabel

9 months ago

I'm a little confused by this question. I know tissues are important, but I'm not sure if they're made up of muscles, flesh, cells, or organs. I'll have to guess on this one.

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Douglass

9 months ago

Tissues are the basic building blocks of the body, so they must be made up of cells. I'm confident C is the right answer.

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Arlie

9 months ago

Hmm, I'm not totally sure about this one. I'll have to think it through carefully before selecting an answer.

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Estrella

9 months ago

I'm pretty sure tissues are composed of cells, so I'll go with option C.

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Candida

11 months ago

I agree with Lettie, cells are the building blocks of tissues.

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Lettie

11 months ago

I think it's C) cells because tissues are made up of cells.

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Charolette

12 months ago

C) cells

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Alesia

12 months ago

Hmm, I'm pretty sure it's C) cells. Although 'flesh' does sound like it could be a plausible answer. This exam is really testing our anatomy knowledge!

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