Ch 5 - Prep for the lecture exam

1. What is the correct order of organization in the body? 2. Which of the following is an organelle responsible for protein synthesis? 3. Which of the following would be a correct location for epithelial tissue? 4. What is the function of nervous tissue? 5. Which classification of tissue are tendons?

1. Cells to tissues to organs 2. Ribosomes 3. Lining the inside of the mouth. 4. To coordinate and integrate the body through electrical signals. 5. Connective tissue

Identify the tissue sample and answer the following questions. 1. This sample is from what class of tissue? 2. This sample is what type of tissue? 3. Where might the tissue sample have been biopsied from?

1. Connective tissue 2. Fibrocartilage 3. Intervertebral discs (between bones of spinal column)

Analyze the following tissue sample and then answer the questions pertaining to this sample. 1. This sample is from what classification of tissue? 2. Where in the body might this tissue biopsy be from?

1. Muscle 2. Stomach Wall

Analyze the tissue sample provided and then answer the questions. 1. What type of tissue is found in this sample? 2. What is the shape of the main cell type? 3. Where was this tissue sample taken from?

1. Simple cuboidal epithelial 2. Square or cube-like 3. Kidneys

What is the definition of a tissue?

A group of similar cells with a common function.

What type of exocrine gland has small portions of its epithelial cells as its secretion?

Apocrine glands

Which of the following is a characteristic of skeletal muscle tissue?

Cells are striated.

Which type of tissue provides support, protection, and fills gaps between tissues?

Connective tissue

What type of connective tissue is comprised of many interwoven and randomly organized collagen fibers?

Dense irregular connective tissue

Which type of tissue covers the body surface and lines organs and cavities?

Epithelial tissue

What type of cartilage provides support and shock absorption?

Fibrocartilage

The substance between the cells of connective tissues is called the extracellular matrix. In addition to ground substance, what else makes up the matrix?

Protein fibers

Identify this type of epithelial tissue.

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

What type of epithelial tissue is found lining the upper respiratory passageway and is able to move mucus?

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

What type of membrane lines body cavities that do not open to the external environment, such as the thoracic cavity and abdominal cavity?

Serous membrane

What type of muscle tissue is found in the wall of blood vessels?

Smooth muscle

Skin is exposed to friction and has a protective function. What type of epithelial tissue is best suited to form the outer layer of the skin?

Stratified squamous epithelium

Connective tissue is notably different from epithelial tissue. Which statement describes a major difference between these tissue types?

The cells of connective tissues have more space between them.

What type of intercellular junction joins cells in sheet-like layers by fusing adjacent cells together?

Tight junctions

In nervous tissue, the cell type that carries out the main function of the tissue is the __________.

neuron

Dense connective tissue is found in __________ and is made of thick, strong __________ fibers.

tendons; collagen