Tissues of The Body

Which type of connective tissue is avascular

Cartilage

______ muscle tissue has no visible striating and has spindle-shaped cells

Smooth

Jacinda tore her Achilles (calcaneal) tendon during a recent track meet. She has injured

dense connective tissue

Glands, such as the thyroid, that secrete their products directly into the blood rather than through ducts are classified as ________.

endocrine

Type of tissue that can be simple or stratified

epithelial tissue

Type of tissue that has an apical surface and a basement membrane

epithelial tissue

Type of tissue that is common in glands and their ducts

epithelial tissue

Which of these characteristics best describes cardiac muscle tissue:

movement is involuntary and cells possess striations

Type of tissue that can be described as voluntary or involuntary

muscle tissue

Type of tissue that is specialized to contract and produce movement

muscle tissue

Type of tissue that is found in the brain and spinal cord

nervous tissue

Type of tissue whose two functional characteristics are irritability and conductivity

nervous tissue

Which type of tissue conducts electrochemical impulses?

nervous tissue

neurons and neuroglia are components of _______

nervous tissue

The cell type found in nervous tissue is the ________

neuron

Bone is best described as ______

osseous tissue

Damaged tissues that are repaired by the same kind of cells experience a replacement process known as

regeneration

Identify the type of tissue that is found in lymph nodes, the spleen, and bone marrow:

reticular connective tissue

Forms the lining of the stomach and small intestine

simple columnar

The type of epithelial tissue found lining organs of the digestive system such as the small intestines is ______

simple columnar

A tissue constructed of a single layer of flattened cells is known as

simple squamous epithelium

Which of the following is not classified as connective tissue

skeletal muscle

The type of muscle found in the walls of hollow organs, such as the stomach, and in the walls of blood vessels is:

smooth muscle

Which tissue performs peristalsis to move substances, such as food, through the hollow organs of the body?

smooth muscle tissue

Best suited for areas subjected to friction

stratified squamous

Lines the esophagus and forms the skin epidermis

stratified squamous

Many layers of flattened cells should be termed ________ epithelial tissue.

stratified squamous

Which of the following epithelial tissues is composed of many layers of cells?

stratified squamous epithelium

Groups of cells that are similar in both structure and function are known as

tissues

Found in the bladder lining; peculiar cells that slide over one another

transitional

Which type of tissue is situated in the lining of the urinary bladder and urethra where stretching occurs?

transitional epithelium

Lines much of the respiratory tract

Pseudostratified columnar (ciliated)

Propels substances across its surface

Pseudostratified columnar (ciliated)

Which of the following tissues is constructed of many collagen fibers?

Scar tissue

______ tissue is commonly called fat

adipose

Epithelial tissues have one free surface or edge known as the _______ surface

apical

The presence of chondrocytes indicates that a tissue is

cartilage

The type of tissue consisting of cells embedded in an extracellular matrix is ________ tissue.

connective

The tissue that is usually well vascularized and has an extensive extracellular matrix is called ________

connective tissue

Type of tissue that can be classified as loose or dense

connective tissue

Type of tissue that consists of living cells surrounded by an extracellular matrix

connective tissue

Type of tissue that contains collagen, elastic, or reticular fibers

connective tissue

Type of tissue that supports, protects, and binds tissues together

connective tissue

The tissue shown in figure 3.3 most likely

covers and lines body surfaces

_______ glands posses ducts that transport secretions onto epithelial surfaces

Exocrine

The illustration of simple squamous epithelial is

Label A

The illustration of simple cuboidal epithelial is _______

Label B

The illustration of cardiac muscle tissue is

Label C

The illustration of stratified squamous epithelial is

Label D

The illustration of skeletal muscle tissue is _______

Label E