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Type of tissue that can be simple or stratified?

epithelial tissue

Type of tissue that has and apical surface and a basement membrane?

epithelial tissue

Type of tissue that is common in glands and their ducts?

epithelial tissue

Which type of tissue is most likely to repair itself if injured?

epithelial tissue

What is NOT a hallmark feature of epithelial tissues?

epithelial tissues are well vascularized

What characteristic is shared by both cardiac ans smooth muscle tissue?

involuntary contractions

Type of tissue that can be described as voluntary or involuntary?

muscle tissue

Type of tissue that is specialized to contract and produce movement?

muscle tissue

Irritability and conductivity are the two major functional characteristics of?

nervous tissue

Type of tissue that can be found in the brain and spinal cord?

nervous tissue

Type of tissue whose two functional characteristics are irritability and conductivity?

nervous 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

Which type of connective tissue is found in lymph nodes, the spleen and bone marrow?

reticular connective tissue

Which is NOT classified as a connective tissue?

skeletal muscle

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

Which of the following epithealial tissue is composed of mainly layers?

stratified sqamous epithelium

What type of tissue is situated in the lining of the urinary bladder and urethra where stretching occurs?

transitional epithelium

Stratified squamous epithealium forms the surface of the skin, the lining of the mouth and the lining of the esophagus.

true

The four primary tissue types are epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous.

true

(BLANK) tissue is commonly called fat.

adipose

Due to the cast placed on her broken leg, Kinsley's muscles have decreased in size. Which term best describes how her muscles have been affected?

atrophy

The presence of chondrocytes indicates that a tissue is?

cartilage

Which type of connective tissue is avascular?

cartilage

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

cell

The tissue that is usually well vascularized and has an extensive extracellular matrix is called:

connective tissue

Type of tissue that can be classified as loose or dense?

connective tissue

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

connective tissue

Type of tissue that contains collagen, elastic or reticlar

connective tissue

Type of tissue that supports, protects, and binds tissues together?

connective tissue

The type of tissue that functions to protect, support, and bind together body tissues are classified as?

connective tissues

Tendons and ligaments are classified as?

dense connective (fibrous) tissue

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

dense connective tissue


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