Connective |
Which major category of tissues has the most diverse and most numerous types of tissue? |
Connective |
Histologists consider blood to be an example of what primary tissue category? |
epithelial |
Cells lining the digestive tube are characteristics of this tissue category? |
epithelial |
Pseudostratified columnar is one of the tissues of this category? |
epithelial |
Which major tissue category includes tissues that function in secretion, absorption, and filtration? |
connective |
Bone and cartilage are examples of tissues in this category |
muscle |
which tissue category contains tissues comprised of cells containing myofilaments? |
muscle |
The primary contractile tissue of the heart characterizes tissues in this category. |
nervous |
This tissue type, in addition to certain muscle tissues, is capable of generating electrical impulses. |
connective |
Ligaments are examples of tissues in this category. |
nervous |
The brain and spinal cord are composed primarily of this tissue type. |
muscle |
This type of tissue includes smooth and cardiac. |
connective |
Tissues in this category are characterized by an extracellular matrix that holds some amount of fluid. |
connective |
Adipocytes are found in tissues belonging to this category. |
goblet cells |
Which of the following is not associated with connective tissue? |
protection from abrasion |
The major function of stratified squamous epithelium is |
protection from abrasion |
Simple squamous epithelia would not provide________ |
mucin |
What do goblet cells secrete? |
an endocrine gland |
A structure that secretes hormones into the blood is ____ |
cutaneous |
Of the types of lining and covering membranes, the only one that is drier than the others is _____ |
a basal lamina plus a layer of reticular fibers equals a basement membrane |
The difference between a basal lamina and a basement membrane is that ______ |
vascular |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of epithelia? |
1. highly cellular with little extracellular matrix |
Characteristics of epithelia |
simple squamous epithelium |
Which of the following provides the least resistance to diffusion? |
secretion |
The major function of pseudostratified columnar epithelium is ______ |
cartilage |
A type of connective tissue that is not a connective tissue proper is ______ |
transitional epithelium |
A stratified epithelium that thins and flattens as the tissue stretches is a _________ |
elastic fiber |
Only one type of fiber in connective tissue can be stretched and then recoil – return to its original length and shape. This fiber is the ______ |
compound tubular |
A highly branched gland whose walls do not balloon into spherical sacs is called ______ |
nervous |
Which one of the following basic types of tissues functions to control the body? |
connective |
Which one of the following basic types of tissues has an extracellular matrix? |
epithelial |
Which one of the following basic types of tissues functions as a covering tissue for the body? |
stratified squamous |
An epithelium in which the basal layer of cells is cuboidal and tha apical layer has cells that are thin, flat and irregular in shaper is a _____epithelium. (p. 72) |
simple squamous |
The thinnest type of epithelium is ______. (p. 67) |
moving and propelling fluids |
Microvilli can perfom all of the following function |
gap junction |
The type of cell junction that permits small sugar molecules and ions to pass from the cytoplasm of one cell to that of another is a ______. (p. 76 |
dense regular |
Ligaments consist primarily of which kind of connective tissue? |
Fibroblast |
In connective tissue proper, ground substance is manufactured and secreted by which type of cell? |
epithelial |
Use logic to deduce which of the following tissues is on the anterior surface of a person’s eyeball |
dense irregular connective tissue |
Connective tissue that must resist forces pulling it from many different directions without stretching would most likely be _____ |
1. involves release of chemicals that cause local vasodilation |
Characteristics of the inflammatory response |
blood |
It might be argued that all the defense mechanisms in areolar connective tissue act to prevent infection from reaching which other tissue type? |
connective |
Fat is a form of ______tissue |
organization |
During repair of a scrape or cut through the skin, a blood clot is replaced with collagen-rich granulation tissue in a process called ______ |
epithelium and connective tissue |
All lining and covering membranes consist of __________ |
increased blood flow to the area |
Inflamed tissue is often warm to the touch because of __________ |
the formation of scar tissue |
The best definition of fibrosis is __________ |
1. exposure to a carcinogen |
Cancer can arise from the following: |
fibers |
In connective tissue, extracellular matrix is not exactly the same as ground substance, because the matrix also contains __________ |
metastasis |
When cells from a cancerous tumor travel to other parts of the body, this process is called ______ |
a muscle cell |
A muscle fiber is ________ |
epithelium |
Of the following, the tissue with the greatest capacity for regeneration is ______ |
connective |
Cartilage is a form of _____tissue |
a goblet cell |
A common example of a unicellular exocrine gland is ______ |
areolar connective tissue |
Tissue types which are known as mucous and serous membranes are comprised of sheets of epithelial cells and _____ |
stratified cuboidal |
When unstretched, transitional epithelium looks most like _________epithelium |
simple |
A pseudostratified epithelium is always ______ |
collagen fibers |
In connective tissues, the primary extracellular molecules responsible for resisting tension are _______ |
blood |
A connective tissue that has a liquid matrix is _________ |
False |
In body tissues, chondrocytes are found in the lacunae. |
False |
Dense regular connective tissue is characterized by giving strength in all directions. |
True |
Much of the body’s adipose tissue is found in the hypodermis. |
True |
Microvilli are common on almost all epithelial cells, but they are more obvious and abundant on absorption cells in the small intestine and the kidney. |
False |
Unlike other connective tissues, bone is not considered to be a living tissue. |
True |
In blood, the matrix is the liquid blood plasma. |
True |
The cutaneous membrane is the skin. |
False |
Dense regular connective tissue gains its strength from the multitude of actin fibers that make up the bulk of the matrix. |
simple squamous epithelium |
The smallest diameter blood vessels, capillaries are comprised of _____________ |
basal lamina |
This is the sheet of tissue between the epithelium and the connective tissue below it. |
exocrine |
An _____gland releases its products through ducts onto body surfaces or into body cavities. |
elastin |
Elastic fibers are comprised of the protein ______ |
edema |
This term refers to the accumulation of fluid at a site of inflammation |
fascia |
Deep ____is a dense regular connective tissue that wraps around muscle groups, large vessels, and nerves |
collagen |
After a wound has healed, the scar that remains is nearly entirely composed of _________fibers |
Anatomy 1 – Chap 4 (Test Bank)
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