Chapter 4 questions

18) Transitional epithelium is found A) lining the urinary bladder. B) lining the ducts that drain sweat glands. C) lining kidney tubules. D) lining the stomach. E) at the surface of the skin.

Answer: A

2) The tissue that always has an apical and a basal surface is tissue. A) epithelial B) connective C) muscle D) basal E) apical

Answer: A

20) You would find psendostcatitied columnar epithelium lining the A) trachea. B) urinary bladder C) secretory portions of the pancreas. D) surface of the skin. E) stomach.

Answer: A

24) The epithelia that line body cavities and blood vessels are classified as A) simple squamous B) stratified squamous C) simple cuboidal. D) stratified cuboidal. E) transitional.

Answer: A

44) The dominant fiber type in dense connective tissue is A) collagen. B) elastin. C) actin. D) myosin. E) connectin.

Answer: A

78) Intercalated discs are characteristic of tissue A) smooth muscle B) cardiac muscle C) skeletal muscle D) all types of muscle E) nerve

Answer: B

80) Tissue that is specialized for the conduction of electrical impulses is tissue A) connective B) neural C) arcolar D) osseous E) epithelial

Answer: B

1) Which one of the following is not one of the four main tissue categories? A) muscle tissue B) neural tissue C) osseous tissue d) connective tissue E) epithelial tissue

Answer: C

10) Epithelium is connected to underlying connective tissue by A) keratin. B) interfacial canals. C) a basement membrane. D) a reticular lamina. E) proteoglycan.

Answer: C

39) Which cell produces the protein fibers in areolar connective tissue? A) squamous cell B) adipocyte C) fibroblast D) chondrablast E) chondrocyte

Answer: C

6) Epithelial cells that are adapted for absorption usually haveat their free surface. A) mitochondria B) cilia C) microvilli D) junctional complexes E) Golgi complexes

Answer: C

79) The muscle tissue that shows no striations is muscle A) skeletal B) cardiac C) smooth D) voluntary E) multinucleated

Answer: C

22) Cells that are flat and thin are classified A) columnar B) squamous C) blasts D) transitional E) cuboidal

Answer B

64) A tissue with a gel matrix and cells inside lacunae is A) areolar connective tissue B) cartilage C) bone D) epithelium E) dense regular connective tissue

Answer B

46) The three categories of connective tissues are A) connective tissue proper, fluid connective tissue, and supporting connective tissue. B) epithelial connective tissue, muscle connective tissue, and neural connective tissue. C) glandular connective tissue, exocrine connective tissue, and endocrine connective tissue. D) connective tissue proper, cartilage connective tissue, and bone connective tissue. E) areolar connective tissue, adipose connective tissue, and dense connective tissue.

Answer: A

50) What type of cell makes up almost half the volume of blood? A) erythrocyte (red blood cells) B) leukocyte C) platelet D) mopocyte E) phagocyte

Answer: A

57) Loose connective tissue functions in all of the following ways except A) providing strong connections between muscles and bones. B) supporting epithelia. C) anchoring blood vessels and nerves. D) cushioning and stabilizing. E) filling spaces between organs.

Answer: A

25 ) support , protect , and nourish nerve cells A) Nurse cells B) Neuroglia C) Neurons D) Nutturons E) Nutrient cells

Answer: B

41) The viscous material between cells of areolar connective tissue is called the A) cytosol. B) ground substance. C) cytoplasm. D) crista. E) gel matrix.

Answer: B

26) The two major types of cell layering in epithelia are A) simple and proper. B) stratified and pseudostratified. squamous and simple. D) simple and stratified. E) cuboidal and columnar.

Answer: D

38) Which of the following tissues are classified as "connective tissue proper"? 1. areolar connective tissue 2. adipose tissue 3. fibrocartilage 4, dense irregular connective tissue A) 3 and 4 B ) 1,2 , and 3 C) 1 and 2 D) 1, 2, and 4 E) I and 3

Answer: D

43) The framework or strema of organs such as the spleen, liver, and lymph nodes is made up of tissue A) loose connective B) regular dense connective C) irregular dense connective D) reticular connective E) adipose

Answer: D

45) Each of the following is an example of dense connective tissue except A) tendons. B) ligaments C) aponeuroses. D) areolar tissue. E) elastic tissue.

Answer: D

54) The three types of protein fibers in connective tissue are A) tendons, ligaments, and elastic ligaments. B) loose, dense, and irregular. C) cartilage, bone, and collagen. D) collagen, reticular, and elastic. E) polar, cellular, and permeable.

Answer: D

61) Osseous tissue is also called A) cartilage. B) fat. C) cellulite. D) bone E) ligament

Answer: D

66) Chondrocytes are to cartilage as osteocytes are to A) blood. B) epithelium. C) fat. D) bone. E) neural tissue.

Answer: D

7) The process of lactation (milk production) depends on both merocrcine andsecretion by mammary gland epithelial cells. A) spicrine B) eccrine C) holocripe D) apocrine E) endocrine

Answer: D

10) The watery fluid component of blood is called A) hemasol. B) liquid elements. C) formed elements. D) hemaplasm E) plasma.

Answer: E

40) Blood is which type of tissue? A) mesenchyme B) nerve C) epithelial D) muscle E) connective

Answer: E

Characteristics of epithelia include all of the following except A) attachment. B) avascularity, C) regeneration. D) polarity. E) extracellular matrix

Answer: E

34) Glands that secrete their product by the bursting of cells are glands. A) apocrine B) sudgriferous C) holoscine D) endocrine

Answer:C