Pathalogy Chapter 5
Dense, cord-like tissues that attach muscles to bones?
tendons
Groups of cells that perform a common function?
tissue
Which of the following statements about epithelial tissue is true?
Epithelial tissue has not blood supply and depends completely on the connective tissue beneath it to supply it with oxygen and nutrients
What epithelium consists of a single layer of irregularly shaped columnar cells; the different cell heights make the tissue appear to be stratified?
Pseudostratified columnar
Which part of the neuron transmits impulse to other cells?
axon
The body's most abundant protein.
collagen
Cell shape that is tall and cylindrical?
columnar
The most widespread and most varied of all the tissues?
connective
Which tissue is the most widespread and varied of all the tissues?
connective
Gland that secretes its product into ducts?
exocrine
Which glands secrete their product into ducts that empty onto a body surface?
exocrine
Dense connective tissue band or sheet that binds organs and muscles together?
fascia
Which membranes lines body surfaces that open directly to the body's exterior?
fibrocartilage
gland that secretes its product directly into the bloodstream
endocrine
Tissue that lacks blood vessels and depends on underlying connective tissue for oxygen and nutrients?
epithelial
Which tissue is a continuous sheet of tightly packed cells and covers the body's surface, lines body cavities and many of its organs, and forms certain glands?
epithelial tissue
What epithelium consists of a single layer of columnar cells?
simple columnar
What epithelium consists of a single layer of cube-like cells?
simple cuboidal
What epithelium consists of a single layer of flat, scale-like cells
simple squamous
Tissue dominated by fat cells?
adipose
Which tissue helps to insulate the body to conserve body heat?
adipose
modified cells containing secretory vesicles that produce large quantities of mucus
goblet
Cord-like tissues that attach bones to bones
ligaments
Key component of connective tissue?
matrix
The type of healing that occurs when damaged tissue heals and is replaced by new, functional tissue is call
regeneration
Cell shape that is flat and pate-like?
squamous
Only one layer of the epithelial tissue?
squamous
Type of cell that can differentiate into a number of different cells
stem
I what type of epithelia do some cells stack on top of other cells but not touch the basement membranes?
stratified
Tissue that has multiple layers in which some cells don't touch the basement membrane?
stratified