BIO223A - Chapter 4 Tissues

All of the following characteristics are associated with epithelium EXCEPT

it contains blood vessels

Which of the following types of epithelial tissues has ciliated cells that line the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory passageways?

Pseudostratified columnar

Fibrocartilage is found:

Between adjacent vertebrae (intervertebral discs)

What general tissue type binds, supports, and protects the body?

Connective

A connective tissue that is composed of cells called chondrocytes, tough but flexible, and resistant to tension would be

cartilage

Glands that accumulate secretions and release them when the cell membranes ruptures, causing cell death, exhibit:

holocrine secretion

Which of the following subdivisions is not a type of connective tissue proper?

Hyaline cartilage

What fibers are common in dense regular elastic connective tissue from the aorta?

Both elastic and some collagen

Hyaline cartilage is not found in

the menisci of the knee

Which of the following functions are associated with epithelial tissue?

Mechanical and thermal protection, Secretion of substances, Transporting substances to other tissues.

Which of the following functional characteristics is associated with simple squamous epithelium?

Filtration and diffusion

If a tissue is composed of many fine collagen fibers that are not visible with a light microscope, has no other type of fiber, and has chondrocytes within lacunae, then the tissue is:

hyaline cartilage

Which body tissue consists largely of material outside of the cell?

Connective tissue

__ are the most common unicellular exocrine gland found within mucous membranes

Goblet cells

Which one of the following structures is not found within both cartilage and bone?

Blood vessels

Simple columnar epithelium is located in which of the following locations?

Lining of the small intestine

What are the 3 primary types of tissues?

1. Nervous

2. Connective

3. Epithelium

The only connective tissue that has a fluid matrix is ____.

blood

Keratinized, dead cells are associated with __________.

stratified squamous epithelium

The two most common types of cells found in connective tissue proper are ___________.

fibroblasts and macrophages

The three main components of connective tissue are:

ground substance, fibers, and cells

Simple squamous epithelium is found lining the __________.

air sacs of the lungs

_____ are responsible for bone deposition, whereas _____ are responsible for bone resorption.

Osteoblasts; osteoclasts

What type of tissue is found in the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver?

Reticular connective tissue

Stratified squamous epithelium would not be found in the:

intestines

The __________ is a fibrous connective tissue membrane that covers the external surface of hyaline and elastic cartilage, providing oxygen and nutrients to the chondrocytes.

perichondrium

Which of the following structures is composed of elastic cartilage?

External ear

What type of protein fiber, commonly found in the extracellular matrix, is extensible?

Elastic

The extracellular matrix (ECM) of connective tissue consists of:

protein fibers and ground substance

Glands, such as the thyroid, that secrete their products directly into the blood rather than through ducts, are classified as __________.

endocrine

If an epithelium has all cells touching the basement membrane, but not all cells reach the apical surface, that epithelium would be called a ________ epithelium.

pseudo stratified

Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium forms the

epidermis

Tendons and ligaments are composed of:

dense regular connective tissue

Which of the following characteristics is notassociated with loose areolar connective tissue?

Densely packed protein fibers

You examine a tissue slide through the microscope and recognize one layer of cells that are mostly tall and elongated. This tissue is most likely to be __________.

simple columnar epithelium

The extracellular matrix (ECM) of blood is known as __________.

plasma

_________ is a type of tissue consisting of multiple layers of epithelial cells that can contract and expand.

Transitional epithelia

The free surface of an epithelial tissue is the __________.

apical surface

The major energy reserve in the body is found stored as fat in __________.

adipose tissue

What type of cell junction would most likely prevent water from flowing between our cells?

Tight junctions

Which of the following are locations of reticular tissue?

Bone marrow, Lymph nodes, spleen