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A&P Lessons5
anatomy and physiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following is not one of the four basic types of body tissues? | Eye tissue |
| Which of the following characteristics is used to distinguish tissue types? | Organization of cells |
| Histology is the study of | tissues |
| The type of intercellular junction that functions as a rivet or "spot weld" is a(n) | desmosome |
| The type of intercellular junction that forms tubular channels is a | gap junction |
| The type of intercellular junction that consists of fused membranes is a | tight junction |
| A basement membrane anchors | epithelial to connective tissue. |
| Epithelial tissue functions in | secretion, absorption, and protection. |
| The tissue through which gases are exchanged between the blood and the air in the lungs is | simple squamous epithelium. |
| The type of epithelium that lines the urinary bladder and many of the urinary passageways is | transitional |
| A carcinoma is a cancer originating from | epithelium |
| Which type of tissue lines the follicles of the thyroid glands? | Simple cuboidal epithelium |
| The type of epithelium that secretes into ducts that open onto surfaces like skin or into body fluids is | glandular epithelium |
| A _______ gland branches repeatedly before reaching the glandular cells or secretory part. | compound |
| Areolar tissue contains | collagenous fibers, elastic fibers, and gel-like ground substance. |
| Tendons and ligaments are composed primarily of | dense regular connective tissue. |
| Cartilage heals slowly because | chondrocytes do not have direct blood supplies. |
| Bone cells form concentric circles around longitudinal tubes called | central canals |
| Which of the following are cellular fragments? | blood platelets |
| _______ produce connective tissue fibers. | fibroblasts |
| Adipose tissue is a form of | connective tissue |
| Extracellular matrix consists of | ground substance and protein fibers. |
| A ________ membrane is composed entirely of connective tissue. | synovial |
| Epithelial membranes are typically composed of | epithelium and underlying connective tissue. |
| A _______ membrane has tubes and cavities that open to the outside of the body. | mucous |
| "Cutaneous membrane" refers to | skin |
| There are __ types of muscle cells. | 3 |
| Involuntary muscles are | smooth and cardiac |
| Muscle cells with more than one nucleus are | skeletal |
| Cardiac muscle is found in the wall of the | none of the above |
| Smooth muscle is found in the wall of | the stomach and intestine |
| The type of muscle in blood vessels is | smooth |
| What is the function of neuroglia? | They support and bind nervous tissue and provide nutrients and growth factors to neurons by connecting them to blood vessels. |
| All tissue types are tightly packed, built of cells attached by intercellular junctions. | False |
| Intercellular junctions include gap junctions, tight junctions, and desmosomes. | True |
| Epithelial tissues do not have blood vessels. | True |
| The tissue that forms the outermost layer of the skin is a type of connective tissue. | False |
| The soft part of the nose and the supporting rings of the respiratory passages are composed of fibrocartilage. | False |
| Osteocytes release histamine and heparin. | False |
| Bone cells (osteocytes) are in concentric circles around osteonic canals. | True |
| Vascular tissue (blood) is composed of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets suspended in a fluid intercellular matrix called plasma. | True |
| Voluntary muscle is smooth muscle. | False |
| Skeletal muscle lines hollow organs. | False |
| A skeletal muscle fiber contains many nuclei. | True |
| Glands that release entire cells filled with secretory products are called ______ glands. | holocrine |
| Layers or groups of similar cells are called __ (lower case only) | tissues |
| __ __ are responsible for joining cells together. | intercellular junctions |
| Epithelial tissue is loosely packed with much extracellular matrix. | False |
| Epithelial tissue is categorized according to its | shape and number of layers |
| single layer of flattened cells that fit tightly together. | simple squamous epithelial |
| made of many layers of cells and is usually very thick; cells near apical surface are flattened | stratified squamous epithelial |
| single layer of cells with a centrally located nucleus; usually found lining glands and tubes | simple cuboidal epithelial |
| have a layered appearance due to the location of the nuclei | pseudostratified columnar epithelial |
| can change shapes in response to increased tension | transitional epithelial |
| several layers of these cells; usually line larger ducts | stratified cuboidal epithelial |
| several layers of cells; most superficial are elongated with basal layer being cube shaped | stratified columnar epithelial |
| single layer of elongated cells with the nucleus near the basement membrane | simple columnar epithelial |
| function primarily in production and secretion of substances into body fluid or ducts | glandular epithelial |
| Where might you find a goblet cell? | columnar epithelial |
| Tiny hair-like projections which extend from the free surface of a cell are called __ | cilia |
| Exocrine glands secrete their product into tissue fluid or blood. | False |
| Which of the following systems would NOT normally secrete mucus? | lymphatic |
| Which of the following tissues types are the most abundant by weight in the human body? | connective |
| Connective tissue functions to | All of the above |
| A type of fixed cell found in C.T. that functions to produce fibers within the extracellular matrix are called | fibroblasts |
| Which of the following types of cells is responsible for releasing heparin and histamine? | mast cells |
| Which of the following cell types is responsible for phagocytosis? | macrophages |
| The type of fiber found in tendons and ligaments is | collagen or collagenous |
| Which of the following is the most rigid connective tissue? | bone |
| Which type of tissue would be found in the brain and spinal cord? | nervous |
| What is the basic type of cell found in nervous tissue? (lower case only) | neuron |
| Endocrine glands produce hormones. | true |
| Sweat glands are unicellular exocrine glands. | false |
| Which of the following would be a thin, highly branched fiber that forms networks? | reticular |
| around kidneys; behind eyeballs | adipose |
| beneath skin; between muscles | areolar |
| blood vessles; heart chambers | blood |
| Bones of skeleton; middle ear | bone |
| dermis of skin | dense irregular |
| tendons; ligaments | dense regular |
| walls of arteries; airways | elastic CT |
| external ear; larnyx | Elastic Cartilage |
| spinal column; pelvic girdle | fibrocartilage |
| ends of bones; respiratory passageways | Hyaline cartilage |
| liver, spleen | reticular |
| neuroglial | nervous |
| fibroblast | Dense C.T. |
| adipocyte | adipose |
| chondrocyte | fibrocartilage |
| osteocyte | bone |
| chondrocyte | hyaline cartliage |
| erythrocyte | blood |
| fibroblast | areolar |
| build up on the arteries | Atherosclerosis |
| long limbs, weakened aorta; sunken chest | marfan syndrome |
| stretchy, easily scarred skin | Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa |
| build up of collagen deposited into extracellualr matrix | fibrosis |
| painful joints | Osteoarthritis |
| easily broken bones; deafness; blue sclera | Ostogenisis imperfecta |
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