Chapter 3: Cells and Tissues

_________ tissue is commonly called fat

Adipose

Acts as a storage depot for fat

Adipose connective tissue

Provides insulation for the body

Adipose connective tissue

Ephithelial tissues have one free surface or edge known as the _________ surface

Apical

Composes the lamina propria and packages organs; includes a gel-like matrix with all categories of fibers and many cell types

Areolar connective tissue

Contains cylindrical cells with branching ends

Cardiac

Displays intercalated discs

Cardiac

Tissues of the circulatory pump

Cardiac

Changes the internal volume of an organ as it contracts

Cardiac and Skeletal

Involuntary controlled

Cardiac and smooth

The presence of chondrocytes indicate that the tissue is ________

Cartilage

The structural and functional unit of all living things is the _________

Cell

Most widely distributed tissue type in the body

Connective

Packages and protects body organs

Connective

Supports body organs

Connective

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

Connective

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

Connective tissue

Types of muscle that contains collagen, elastic, or reticular fibers

Connective tissue

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

Dense connective tissue

Composes the majority of the dermis of the skin

Dense fibrous connective tissue

Provides great strength through parallel bundles of collagenic fibers; found in tendons

Dense fibrous 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

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

Simple Cuboidal

Forms thin serous membranes; a single layer of flattened cells

Simple Squamous

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

Simple squamous epithelium

Allows you to direct your eyeballs

Skeletal

Concerned with locomotion of the body as a whole

Skeletal

Contains long, non branching cylindrical cells

Skeletal

Found attached to bones

Skeletal

Multinucleate

Skeletal

Which of the following is NOT classified as connective tissue?

Skeletal Muscle

Banded appearance

Skeletal and cardiac

Voluntarily controlled

Skeletal muscle

Contains spindle-shaped cells

Smooth

Found in the walls of stomach, uterus, and arteries

Smooth

Single nucleus in each cell

Smooth

_________ muscle tissue has no visible striations and has spindle-shaped cells

Smooth

Best suited for areas subjected to friction

Stratified Squamous

Lines the esophagus and forms the skin epidermis

Stratified Squamous

Which of these characteristics best describes cardiac muscle tissue:

Movement is involuntary and cells possess straitions

Allows for organ movements within the body

Muscle

Allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot an arrow

Muscle

The cells of this tissue shorten to exert force

Muscle

Type of tissue that is specialized to contract and produce movement

Muscle tissue

Types of tissues that can be described as voluntary or involuntary

Muscle tissue

Basis of the major controlling system of the body

Nervous

Forms the brain and spinal cord

Nervous

Transmits electrochemical impulses

Nervous

Neurons and neuroglial are components of ___________

Nervous tissue

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

Nervous tissue

Which tissue type conducts electrochemical impulses?

Nervous tissue

The cell type found in the nervous system is the _________

Neuron

Bone is best described as ______

Osseous tissue

Contains cells arranged concentrically around a nutrient canal; matrix is hard due to calcium salts

Osseous tissue

Forms the bony skeleton

Osseous tissue

Lines much of the respiratory tract

Pseudostratified Columnar

Propels substances (e.g., mucus) across its surface

Pseudostratisfied Columnar (citilated)

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

Regeneration

Forms the stroma or internal "skeleton" of lymph nodes, the spleen, and other lymphoid organs

Reticular connective tissue

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

Scar tissue

Forms the lining of the stomach and small intestine

Simple Columnar

Cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances

Epithelium

Forms hormones

Epithelium

Forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes

Epithelium

_____________ glands possess ducts that transport secretions onto epithelial surfaces

Exocrine

Intercalated discs found in cardiac muscle tissues are___

Gap junctions

Forms the embryonic skeleton and the surfaces of bones at the joints; reinforces the trachea

Hyaline cartilage

Matrix with no specific shape, heavily invaded with fibers; appears glassy and smooth

Hyaline cartilage

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

Stratisfied Squamous

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