Chapter 5 tissues

Glands that lose small portions of their glandular cell bodies during secretion are

Apocrine glands

The intercellular material of vascular tissue is _______.

Blood plasma

The most rigid connective tissue is _____.

Bone

The mechanism used to supply nutrients to cartilage cells is ______.

Diffusion

Which of the following statements about epithelial tissue is/are true?

Epithelial cells are nourished by substances diffusing from connective tissue.

List the four major tissue types found in the human body.

Epithelial, muscle, connective, nervous

Glands that secrete their products into ducts are called ______ glands.

Exocrine

The most common kind of cell in connective tissue is the _____.

Fibroblast

Two general categories of connective tissue cells are ____ cells and ______ cells.

Fixed, wandering

Most cells secrete ______ and _______.

Heparin, histamine

The model for the developing bones of a fetus is

Hyaline cartilage

Transitional epithelium (location)

Inner lining of urinary bladder and linings of ureters and part of urethra

Which of the following statements is/are true of connective tissue?

It contains both elastic and collagenous fibers.

Which of the following statements is/are true about adipose tissue?

It is a specialized from of loose connective tissue, it occurs around the kidneys, behind the eyeballs, and around various joints, and it serves as a storehouse of energy for the body.

Elastic fibers have more/less strength than collagenous fibers.

Less

Stratified cuboidal epithelium (location)

Linings of larger ducts of mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary glands, and pancreas

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium (location)

Linings of respiratory passages

Simple columnar epithelium (location)

Linings of uterus, stomach, and intestines

A connective tissue cell that can become detached and move about is the _______.

Macrophage

The membrane that lines body cavities open to the outside of the body is a

Mucus membrane.

The coordination and regulation of body functions are the functions of _______ tissue.

Nervous

The cells that bind nerve cells and support nervous tissue are ______ cells.

Neurological

Stratified squamous epithelium (location)

Outer layer of skin, linings of oral cavity, vagina, and anal canal

Stratified columnar epithelium (location)

Part of the male urethra and parts of the pharynx

Blood supply to cartilage cells is via the _______.

Perichondrium

Glandular epithelium (location)

Salivary glands, sweat glands, endocrine glands

The three types of muscle tissue are ____, _____, and ________.

Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue

The function of connective tissue is

Support, protection, and fat storage.

Simple cuboidal epithelium (location)

Surface of ovaries, linings of kidney tubules, and linings of ducts of certain glands

An important characteristic of collagenous fibers is their

Tensile strength

Simple squamous epithelium (location)

Air sacs of lungs, walls of capillaries

The chondromucoprotein is part of the intercellular substance of

Cartilage

The function of epithelial tissue is to

Cover body surfaces.

The traditional way to examine tissue is to use a microscope; a new tool to study tissue is to use a ______.

DNA microarray

In complex organisms, cells of similar structure and function are organized into groups called ______; the study of the structure is _______.

Tissues, histology

Cancer cells secrete a substance that dissolves basement membrane tissues. (T or F?)

True

Sprains heal slowly because dense regular connective tissue has a relatively poor blood supply. (T or F?)

True