A&PI Tissues Self Test

The human body consists of about how many types of cells?

200

Which connective tissue specializes in storage of fat?

Adipose Tissue

At what stage of tissue repair do new blood vessels form?

Angiogenesis

Stratified epithelium is named based on the cell type found on which surface?

Apical

Which of these types of tissue is most vascular?

Bone

Cartilage cells are known as:

Chondrocytes

In observing epithelial cells under a microscope, the cells are arranged in a single layer and look tall and narrow, and the nucleus is located close to the basal side of the cell. The specimen is what type of epithelial tissue?

Columnar

What is the most abundant type of tissue in the body?

Connective

Which of the following best defines regeneration?

Damaged tissue replaced by cells just like the ones lost.

Ligaments connect bones together and withstand a lot of stress. What type of connective tissue should you expect ligaments to contain?

Dense regular connective tissue

The processes by which a less specialized cell matures into a more specialized cell is called:

Differentiation

Which of the following is not a type of tissue?

Embryonic

Which of the following is avascular?

Epithelial tissue

Which of the following lines the body cavities exposed to the external environment?

Epithelial tissue

All substances that pass through the body must go through what?

Epithelium

T/F Cartilage heals very rapidly

False

T/F Endocrine glands secret through ducts to the outside environment

False

T/F Muscle tissue is always voluntary in movement

False

T/F Scarring patches injuries and never harms the body

False

Which of the following processes is not a cardinal sign of inflammation?

Fever

Under the microscope, a tissue specimen shows cells located in spaces scattered in a transparent background. This is probably:

Loose connective cartilage

Atrophy refers to:

Loss of mass

Connective tissue is made of which three essential components?

Matrix, ground substance, and fluid

Skeletal muscle is composed of very hard working cells. Which organelles do you expect to find in abundance in skeletal muscle cell?

Mitochondria

The cells of muscles, are called:

Myocytes

In bone, the main cells are:

Osteocytes

Which type of epithelial tissue specializes in moving particles across its surface and is found in airways?

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

The type of tissue found in the upper respiratory tract that is ciliated is:

Pseudostratified epithelium

Which of the following is the epithelial tissue that lines the interior of blood vessels?

Simple Squamous

The type of tissue surrounding air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) is:

Simple squamous epithelium

Striations, cylindrical cells, and multiple nuclei are observed in:

Skeletal muscle only

Histology is the study of what?

Tissues

T/F Bone and blood are a type of connective tissue

True

T/F Cardiac muscle cells are uninucleated

True

T/F Cells of the nerve tissue are called neurons

True

T/F Stratified tissues have more than one layer

True

T/F The apical surface is the free unattached surface

True

T/F The category of stratified tissue is based on the cells of the free surface

True

Transitional tissue is located where?

Urinary system

Smooth muscle is also known as:

Visceral muscle