34 term quiz
Type of tissue that can be simple or stratified?
epithelial tissue
Type of tissue that has and apical surface and a basement membrane?
epithelial tissue
Type of tissue that is common in glands and their ducts?
epithelial tissue
Which type of tissue is most likely to repair itself if injured?
epithelial tissue
What is NOT a hallmark feature of epithelial tissues?
epithelial tissues are well vascularized
What characteristic is shared by both cardiac ans smooth muscle tissue?
involuntary contractions
Type of tissue that can be described as voluntary or involuntary?
muscle tissue
Type of tissue that is specialized to contract and produce movement?
muscle tissue
Irritability and conductivity are the two major functional characteristics of?
nervous tissue
Type of tissue that can be found in the brain and spinal cord?
nervous tissue
Type of tissue whose two functional characteristics are irritability and conductivity?
nervous tissue
Which type of tissue conducts electrochemical impulses via cells called neurons?
nervous tissue
Bone is best described as?
osseous tissue
Damaged tissues that are repaired by the same kind of cells experience a replacement process known as?
regeneration
Which type of connective tissue is found in lymph nodes, the spleen and bone marrow?
reticular connective tissue
Which is NOT classified as a connective tissue?
skeletal muscle
The type of muscle found in the walls of hollow organs, such as the stomach, and in the walls of blood vessels is?
smooth muscle
Which of the following epithealial tissue is composed of mainly layers?
stratified sqamous epithelium
What type of tissue is situated in the lining of the urinary bladder and urethra where stretching occurs?
transitional epithelium
Stratified squamous epithealium forms the surface of the skin, the lining of the mouth and the lining of the esophagus.
true
The four primary tissue types are epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous.
true
(BLANK) tissue is commonly called fat.
adipose
Due to the cast placed on her broken leg, Kinsley's muscles have decreased in size. Which term best describes how her muscles have been affected?
atrophy
The presence of chondrocytes indicates that a tissue is?
cartilage
Which type of connective tissue is avascular?
cartilage
The structural and functional unit of all living things is the?
cell
The tissue that is usually well vascularized and has an extensive extracellular matrix is called:
connective tissue
Type of tissue that can be classified as loose or dense?
connective tissue
Type of tissue that consists of living cells surrounded by an extracellular matrix?
connective tissue
Type of tissue that contains collagen, elastic or reticlar
connective tissue
Type of tissue that supports, protects, and binds tissues together?
connective tissue
The type of tissue that functions to protect, support, and bind together body tissues are classified as?
connective tissues
Tendons and ligaments are classified as?
dense connective (fibrous) tissue
Sidney tore her Achilles (calcaneal) tendon during a recent track meet. She has injured?
dense connective tissue
