Tissues Lab

Which of the following parts of the neuron receives and processes information?

Cell body

Which type of connective tissue is abundant in the walls of arteries, and in the airway?

Elastic tissue

Where are chondrocytes and osteocytes located?

Lacuna

An epithelium with a single layer of tall cells would be classified as which type of epithelium?

Simple columnar epithelium

Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow organs?

Smooth muscle

Which of the following is not a feature of epithelia?

Abundant extracellular material

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

Aerobic connective tissue

Which of the following characteristics is common to oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells?

Both provide myelination.

How would the genetic inheritance of a gene producing abnormal gap junctions effect muscle tissue?

Cardiac muscle and some smooth muscle would function abnormally. Skeletal muscle would be unaffected.

True or False. Adipose connective tissue is a type of dense connective tissue.

False

True or False. Epithelia are strong membranes that function to bind the body together.

False

True or False. Intercellular junctions are important in sealing the space between the cells and filling the "gaps" are called gap junctions.

False

True or False. Schwann cells are glial cells of the central nervous system.

False

True or False. One function of muscle tissue is to provide heat production.

True

True or False. Perimysium covers a muscle fascicle.

True