Chapter 5 tissues
Glands that lose small portions of their glandular cell bodies during secretion are
Apocrine glands
The intercellular material of vascular tissue is _______.
Blood plasma
The most rigid connective tissue is _____.
Bone
The mechanism used to supply nutrients to cartilage cells is ______.
Diffusion
Which of the following statements about epithelial tissue is/are true?
Epithelial cells are nourished by substances diffusing from connective tissue.
List the four major tissue types found in the human body.
Epithelial, muscle, connective, nervous
Glands that secrete their products into ducts are called ______ glands.
Exocrine
The most common kind of cell in connective tissue is the _____.
Fibroblast
Two general categories of connective tissue cells are ____ cells and ______ cells.
Fixed, wandering
Most cells secrete ______ and _______.
Heparin, histamine
The model for the developing bones of a fetus is
Hyaline cartilage
Transitional epithelium (location)
Inner lining of urinary bladder and linings of ureters and part of urethra
Which of the following statements is/are true of connective tissue?
It contains both elastic and collagenous fibers.
Which of the following statements is/are true about adipose tissue?
It is a specialized from of loose connective tissue, it occurs around the kidneys, behind the eyeballs, and around various joints, and it serves as a storehouse of energy for the body.
Elastic fibers have more/less strength than collagenous fibers.
Less
Stratified cuboidal epithelium (location)
Linings of larger ducts of mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary glands, and pancreas
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium (location)
Linings of respiratory passages
Simple columnar epithelium (location)
Linings of uterus, stomach, and intestines
A connective tissue cell that can become detached and move about is the _______.
Macrophage
The membrane that lines body cavities open to the outside of the body is a
Mucus membrane.
The coordination and regulation of body functions are the functions of _______ tissue.
Nervous
The cells that bind nerve cells and support nervous tissue are ______ cells.
Neurological
Stratified squamous epithelium (location)
Outer layer of skin, linings of oral cavity, vagina, and anal canal
Stratified columnar epithelium (location)
Part of the male urethra and parts of the pharynx
Blood supply to cartilage cells is via the _______.
Perichondrium
Glandular epithelium (location)
Salivary glands, sweat glands, endocrine glands
The three types of muscle tissue are ____, _____, and ________.
Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle tissue
The function of connective tissue is
Support, protection, and fat storage.
Simple cuboidal epithelium (location)
Surface of ovaries, linings of kidney tubules, and linings of ducts of certain glands
An important characteristic of collagenous fibers is their
Tensile strength
Simple squamous epithelium (location)
Air sacs of lungs, walls of capillaries
The chondromucoprotein is part of the intercellular substance of
Cartilage
The function of epithelial tissue is to
Cover body surfaces.
The traditional way to examine tissue is to use a microscope; a new tool to study tissue is to use a ______.
DNA microarray
In complex organisms, cells of similar structure and function are organized into groups called ______; the study of the structure is _______.
Tissues, histology
Cancer cells secrete a substance that dissolves basement membrane tissues. (T or F?)
True
Sprains heal slowly because dense regular connective tissue has a relatively poor blood supply. (T or F?)
True