Ch. 8-9

Adipose tissue is

a storage tissue

The union of basal and fibroreticular laminae together forms the

basement membrane

Which of the following contains osteocytes?

bone

Which of the following is not a principal type of tissue?

cardiac

Which of the following is not a type of connective tissue?

cardiac

Which of the following contains intercalated disks?

cardiac muscle

Which of the following tissues lacks a direct blood supply and consequently heals very slowly?

cartilage

Of the many different kinds of protein compounds in the body, which is the most abundant?

collagen

The most abundant and widespread tissue in the body is

connective.

The fluid environment that fills the spaces between the cells of the body is called

extracellular matrix

The strongest and most durable type of cartilage is

fibrocartilage

During the first two weeks after conception, cells form three primary germ layers which become increasingly more differentiated in a process called

histogenesis

Cells in a tissue are surrounded by or embedded in a complex extracellular material called a

matrix

What is the main function of muscle tissue?

movement

A lubricating substance produced by goblet cells is called

mucus.

Which types of tissue have a limited capacity to regenerate?

muscle and nervous

The conducting unit of the nerve tissue is the

neuron.

Which of the following is an example of a serous membrane?

pleura peritoneum pericardium

What is the major function of epithelial tissue?

protection

Besides water, extracellular matrix contains

proteins and proteoglycans

The growth of functional new tissue is called

regeneration.

The connective tissue membranes that line the spaces between bones and joints are called _____ membranes

synovial

The tip of the nose and the external ear are composed of

elastic cartilage

Which of the following is not a primary germ layer?

epiderm

Stratified squamous (keratinized) epithelial cells are found in the

epidermis.

Which principal type of tissue covers and protects body surfaces and lines body cavities?

epithelial

The two major categories of body membranes are

epithelial and connective

All glands in the body can be classified as either

exocrine or endocrine

Which type of tissue has cube-shaped cells and can be found lining the kidney tubules?

simple cuboidal epithelium

During embryonic development, new kinds of cells can be formed from a special kind of undifferentiated cell called a

stem cell