TISSUES

Chondrocytes and osteocytes form:

cartilage and bone

Collagen and elastic fibers are found in the intercellular matrix of _____ tissue.

connective

In connective tissue, blast cells secrete the matrix and:

mature forming fibrocytes, chondrocytes, and osteocytes.

Which of the following is fat-storing connective tissue?

Adipose

Which word refers to the flattened appearance of fish scales?

Squamous

Meninges:

are connective tissue membranes, cover the brain and spinal cord, and are located in cranial and vertebrae cavities (all is applicable)

Which of the following is most related to bone?

Hard intercellular matrix

The alveolar wall in the distal lungs is designed for rapid diffusion of the respiratory gases, O₂ and CO₂ across the alveolar wall. The alveolar wall is composed of:

simple squamous epithelium.

Which of the following membranes form(s) the outer layer of the membrane lining the lungs?

Visceral pleura

Stratified and squamous refer to:

layered and flat.

Fascia and capsular tissue are most similar to:

tendons and ligaments.

The intercellular matrix of which tissue is the hardest of all connective tissue?

Osseous tissue

Which of the four major tissue types is able to regenerate and repair quickly when injured?

Epithelial

Which type of membrane lines the body cavities that open to the exterior of the body?

Mucous membrane

This type of connective tissue membrane lines many joints and secretes a lubricating fluid that has the consistency of egg white.

synovial

Adipose, dense fibrous, areolar, blood, and osseous are all:

connective tissue.

Which of the following is most related to mucous membrane?

Lines all the body cavities that open to the exterior of the body.

Transitional epithelial tissue:

is found in organs that need to stretch (e.g., urinary bladder).

Endocrine is least often described as:

contractile.

Regeneration occurs in injured tissue:

when the tissue is replaced with the same type of tissue as the injured tissue.

In which of the following is intercellular matrix most abundant?

Connective tissue

Which tissue type is the most abundant?

Connective

Which type of tissue is found in organs that need to stretch (e.g., urinary bladder)?

Transitional epithelium

Which of the following best describes glia?

Nervous tissue

Which of the following is most related to a carcinoma and sarcoma?

Cancer

Which of the following is most descriptive of fascia?

Tough and supportive

The epithelium is described as being avascular, meaning that it:

has no blood supply of its own.

The pleura, pericardium, and peritoneum are:

serous membranes.

Endocrine and exocrine glands are _____ tissue.

epithelial

Vascular smooth muscle in blood vessels helps to:

propel blood.

Damaged skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and nervous tissue are replaced by:

scar tissue.

Which of the following membranes secretes serous fluid?

Membrane that lines the inner wall of the pleural cavity.

The words visceral and parietal:

describe pleural and peritoneal membranes.

Which of the following is true of an exocrine gland?

Secretes its products to the outside or onto a surface.

Connective tissue consists of two parts. These are

the tissue cells and intercellular matrix.

Which of the following groups is correct?

Connective tissue membranes: mucous, serous, and synovial

Which type of tissue allows for the rapid diffusion of oxygen from the alveoli in the lungs to the blood?

Simple squamous epithelium

Which of the following is least descriptive of epithelial tissue?

Glial

Which type of cell conducts an action potential or electrical signal?

Neuron

This tissue connects ribs to the breastbone (sternum), forms the rigid rings in the windpipe (trachea), and is found at the end of long bones in the joints.

Hyaline cartilage

Which group is incorrect?

: Types of serous membranes: pleura, peritoneum, mucosa

Which group is incorrect?

Types of connective tissue: tendons, ligaments, fat, glia

Which type of tissue is most likely to prevent a kidney from “floating”?

Adipose tissue

The pericardium and pleurae:

are located in the thoracic cavity.

Simple squamous, pseudostratified, simple cuboidal, and stratified squamous:

form continuous sheets and function in secretion, transport, and protection.

Endocrine and exocrine glands are composed of:

cuboidal epithelia.

Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth are:

types of muscle.

Fibro-, elastic, and hyaline are:

types of cartilage.

An exocrine gland:

is made of epithelial tissue.

Ligaments, tendons, and cartilage are:

made of connective tissue.

In which type of tissue is plasma the interstitial matrix?

Blood

Chondrocytes, perichondrium, and chondroblasts are most associated with:

cartilage.

These membranes are restricted to the thoracic cavity.

Pleurae

Intercellular matrix is:

most abundant in connective tissue.

What distinguishes one type of connective tissue from another type?

The matrix

Osseous tissue is:

also called bone tissue.

A ligament is best described as:

tough band of connective tissue.

The cutaneous membrane:

is the skin.

Which of the following is descriptive of the peritoneum?

serous membrane, abdominopelvic cavity, and parietal and visceral layers (all is applicable)

Fibrosis refers to:

replacement of injured tissue with fibrous connective tissue.

Serous membranes:

line the abdominopelvic and thoracic cavities.

Which type of membrane lines the ventral body cavities that are not open to the exterior of the body?

Serous membrane

Which of the following is most descriptive of tendons, ligaments, fascia, and capsules?

Tough, dense, fibrous, connective

Ligaments, tendons, and cartilage are types of _____ tissue.

connective

To which of the following is glandular epithelium most related?

Endocrine and exocrine

Which of the following is characterized by cells that are arranged like tiles on a floor?

Squamous epithelium

Squamous:

refers to the flattened appearance of fish scales.

Stratified means:

layered

Which of the following is the culprit in obesity?

Adipose tissue

Which of the following is most descriptive of a bed sore?

Decubitus ulcer