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anatomy and physiology

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