TISSUE REPAIR ANATOMY TEST
________ muscle tissue has no visible striations and is found in the walls of hollow organs.
Smooth
Tendons and ligaments are classified as ________.
dense connective (fibrous) tissue
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
Type of tissue that is common in glands and their ducts
epithelial
Type of tissue that has an apical surface and a basement membrane
epithelial tissue
What is the first stage to occur during tissue repair (wound healing)?
inflammation
What characteristic is shared by both cardiac and smooth muscle tissue?
involuntary contractions
Type of tissue that can be described as voluntary or involuntary
muscle
Type of tissue that is specialized to contract and produce movement
muscle tissue
Which type of tissue conducts electrochemical impulses via cells called neurons?
nervous tissue
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
A tissue constructed of a single layer of flattened cells is known as ________.
simple squamous epithelium
Which of the following is NOT classified as a connective tissue?
skeletal muscle
Which of the following epithelial tissues is composed of many layers of cells?
stratified squamous epithelium
Which type of tissue is situated in the lining of the urinary bladder and urethra where stretching occurs?
transitional epithelium
Which type of tissue is most likely to repair itself if injured?
epithelial tissue
Type of tissue whose two functional characteristics are irritability and conductivity
nervous
Irritability and conductivity are the two major functional characteristics of ________.
nervous tissue
Type of tissue that is found in the brain and spinal cord
nervous tissue
Which of the following tissues is constructed of many collagen fibers?
scar tissue
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
________ tissue is commonly called fat.
adipose
The presence of chondrocytes indicates that a tissue is ________.
cartilage
Which type of connective tissue is avascular?
cartilages
Type of tissue that can be classified as loose or dense
connective
Type of tissue that contains collagen, elastic, or reticular fibers
connective
Type of tissue that supports, protects, and binds tissues together
connective
The tissue that is usually well vascularized and has an extensive extracellular matrix is called ________.
connective tissue
Type of tissue that consists of living cells surrounded by an extracellular matrix
connective tissue
The type of tissue that functions to protect, support, and bind together body tissues are classified as ________.
connective tissues
Which of the following is NOT a hallmark feature of epithelial tissues?
Epithelial tissues are well vascularized.
________ glands possess ducts that transport secretions onto epithelial surfaces.
Exocrine
