Bio 102 quiz 1 (mastering questions tissues)

Which of the following is a correct statement about an organism and its environment? A)An animal is a closed system that is separate and distinct from its environment. B)The interstitial fluid is the exchange medium between body cells and the circulatory system in vertebrate animals. C)Animals isolated from their environments live longer than those exchanging matter with the environment. D) The gastrovascular cavity provides the nutrient exchange surface in mammals. E) None of the choices is correct.

B)

If you were to view a sample of animal tissue under a light microscope and notice an extensive extracellular matrix surrounding a tissue, which tissue type would you most suspect?

connective

Which of these is NOT one of the four major categories of tissue? a- muscle b- epithelial c- connective d- blood e- nervous

d- blood

If you gently bend your ear, and then let go, the shape of your ear will return because the cartilage of your ear contains_____.

elastic fibers

Connective tissues typically have _____.

elatively few cells and a large amount of extracellular matrix

Most of the exchange surfaces of multicellular animals are lined with _____.

epithelial tissue

All types of muscle tissue have _____.

interactions between actin and myosin

Blood is best classified as connective tissue because _____.

its cells are separated from each other by an extracellular matrix

The four major categories of tissues are _____.

nervous, epithelial, connective, and muscle

The cells lining the air sacs in the lungs make up a _____.

simple squamous epithelium

Food moves along the digestive tract as the result of contractions by _____.

smooth muscle

The type of muscle tissue surrounding the intestines and blood vessels is _____.

smooth muscle

Cardiac muscle cells are both _____.

striated and interconnected by intercalated disks