Deck 4: The Integumentary System

Question 1

Cells lining the digestive tube are characteristic of this tissue category.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Figure 4.1
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Which letter indicates microvilli?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Figure 4.1
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Which letter indicates the basement membrane?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Pseudostratified columnar is one of the tissues of this category.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 5

Figure 4.1
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Which letter on the diagram indicates motile structural elements of the epithelial membrane?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 6

Figure 4.2
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Which letter indicates the acellular layer that acts as a selective filter and a scaffold for regenerating epithelial cells?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 7

Which tissue category contains tissues comprised of cells containing myofilaments?

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 8

Figure 4.1
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Which letter indicates the connective tissue layer?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 9

This tissue type, in addition to certain muscle tissues, is capable of generating electrical impulses.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 10

Which major tissue category includes tissues that function in secretion, absorption, and filtration?

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 11

Histologists consider blood to be an example of what primary tissue category?

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 12

Figure 4.1
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Which letter indicates the epithelium?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 13

Figure 4.2
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Which letter indicates a cellular junction that prevents molecules from passing between epithelial cells?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 14

Figure 4.2
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Which letter indicates the cytoplasmic protein fiber that connects desmosomes?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 15

The primary contractile tissue of the heart characterizes tissues in this category.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 16

Which major category of tissues has the most diverse and most numerous types of tissue?

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 17

Which category of tissue is characterized by cells that have adhesion proteins and specialized cell-to-cell junctions?

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 18

Figure 4.2
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Which letter indicates tunnel-like junctions in the lateral membranes of adjacent epithelial cells?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 19

Bone and cartilage are examples of tissues in this category.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 20

Figure 4.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates junctions commonly associated with tissues under mechanical stress?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Question 21

Which of the following is not associated with connective tissue?

A) goblet cells
B) chondrocytes
C) collagen
D) areolar

Question 22

Which one of the following basic types of tissues functions to control the body?

A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous

Question 23

The major function of pseudostratified columnar epithelium is

A) secretion.
B) protection.
C) filtration.
D) absorption.

Question 24

The difference between a basal lamina and a basement membrane is that

A) they lie on opposite surfaces of the epithelium.
B) only the basal lamina can be seen by light microscopy.
C) the basal lamina is thicker.
D) a basal lamina plus a layer of reticular fibers equals a basement membrane.

Question 25

A type of connective tissue that is not a connective tissue proper is

A) dense irregular connective tissue.
B) areolar tissue.
C) cartilage.
D) adipose tissue.

Question 26

Of the types of lining and covering membranes, the only one that is drier than the others is

A) cutaneous.
B) mucous.
C) parietal.
D) serous.

Question 27

A structure that secretes hormones into the blood is

A) an endocrine gland.
B) a goblet cell.
C) a plasma cell.
D) an exocrine gland.

Question 28

This type of tissue includes smooth and cardiac.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 29

Adipocytes are found in tissues belonging to this category.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 30

Tissues in this category are characterized by an extracellular matrix that holds some amount of fluid.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 31

The brain and spinal cord are composed primarily of this tissue type.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 32

A stratified epithelium that thins and flattens as the tissue stretches is a

A) transitional epithelium.
B) stratified squamous epithelium.
C) stratified cuboidal epithelium.
D) pseudostratified epithelium.

Question 33

What do goblet cells secrete?

A) antibodies
B) enzymes
C) mucin
D) histamine

Question 34

A highly branched gland whose walls do not balloon into spherical sacs is called

A) compound alveolar.
B) compound tubuloalveolar.
C) compound tubular.
D) simple branched alveolar.

Question 35

Simple squamous epithelia would not provide

A) diffusion.
B) protection from abrasion.
C) filtration.
D) secretion.

Question 36

Within connective tissue, the fibers that recoil to their original length and shape when stretched are called

A) collagen fibers.
B) stretch fibers.
C) reticular fibers.
D) elastic fibers.

Question 37

Ligaments are examples of tissues in this category.

A) muscle
B) nervous
C) connective
D) epithelial

Question 38

Which of the following provides the least resistance to diffusion?

A) simple columnar epithelium
B) simple squamous epithelium
C) simple cuboidal epithelium
D) stratified squamous epithelium

Question 39

Which of the following is not a characteristic of epithelia?

A) highly cellular with little extracellular matrix
B) specialized cell-cell junctions
C) vascular
D) innervated

Question 40

The major function of stratified squamous epithelium is

A) absorption.
B) filtration.
C) protection from abrasion.
D) diffusion.

Question 41

During repair of a scrape or cut through the skin, a blood clot is replaced with collagen-rich granulation tissue in a process called

A) repair.
B) regeneration.
C) inflammation.
D) organization.

Question 42

Use logic to deduce which of the following tissues is on the anterior surface of a personʹs eyeball.

A) connective
B) muscle
C) epithelial
D) nervous

Question 43

The best definition of fibrosis is

A) the production of collagen fibers.
B) the production of elastic fibers.
C) the formation of scar tissue.
D) the formation of dense regular connective tissue.

Question 44

The thinnest type of epithelium is

A) stratified columnar.
B) pseudostratified columnar.
C) simple squamous.
D) stratified squamous.

Question 45

The distinguishing characteristic between tight junctions and adherens junctions is that

A) adherens junctions attach to the actin myofilaments of the cytoskeleton, whereas tight junctions do not.
B) tight junctions involve fusion of proteins on adjacent cells, whereas adherens junctions create tunnels between adjacent cells.
C) tight junctions are present near apical lateral borders, whereas adherens junctions are located near basal lateral borders.
D) adherens junctions involve integral membrane proteins, whereas tight junctions do not.

Question 46

Which one of the following basic types of tissues functions as a covering tissue for the body?

A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous

Question 47

The type of cell junction that permits small sugar molecules and ions to pass from the cytoplasm of one cell to that of another is a

A) desmosome.
B) zonula occludens.
C) gap junction.
D) tight junction.

Question 48

An epithelium in which the basal layer of cells is cuboidal and the apical layer has cells that are thin, flat and irregular in shaper is a epithelium.

A) simple cuboidal
B) stratified squamous
C) simple columnar
D) stratified cuboidal

Question 49

All lining and covering membranes consist of

A) a serosa.
B) epithelium and connective tissue.
C) an epithelium only.
D) an epithelium, a connective tissue, and smooth muscle.

Question 50

Connective tissue that must resist forces pulling it from many different directions without stretching would most likely be

A) reticular connective tissues.
B) dense regular connective tissue.
C) areolar connective tissue.
D) dense irregular connective tissue.

Question 51

Microvilli can perform all of the following functions except

A) moving and propelling fluids.
B) enhance the rate of secretion.
C) anchoring mucus.
D) enhance the rate of absorption.

Question 52

Despite their name, many types of cell junction are not very strong at joining and holding cells together. The cell junctions that best keep cells from being pulled apart are

A) tight junctions.
B) desmosomes.
C) zonula occludens.
D) gap junctions.

Question 53

Which one of the following basic types of tissues has an extracellular matrix?

A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous

Question 54

In connective tissue proper, ground substance is manufactured and secreted by which type of cell?

A) chondroblasts
B) fibroblast
C) endothelial cell
D) osteocytes

Question 55

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the inflammatory response?

A) attacks and eliminates specific foreign molecules
B) results in edema and delivery of chemicals needed for repair
C) involves release of chemicals that cause local vasodilation
D) occurs within connective tissue

Question 56

It might be argued that all the defense mechanisms in areolar connective tissue act to prevent infection from reaching which other tissue type?

A) epithelium
B) muscle
C) blood
D) bone

Question 57

Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans are components of

A) reticular fibers.
B) inflammation.
C) ground substance.
D) blood.

Question 58

Fat is a form of tissue.

A) nervous
B) connective
C) muscle
D) epithelial

Question 59

Inflamed tissue is often warm to the touch because of

A) accumulation of bacterial toxins.
B) increased blood flow to the area.
C) leakage of clotting proteins.
D) infiltration by neutrophils.

Question 60

Ligaments consist primarily of which kind of connective tissue?

A) loose areolar
B) dense regular
C) cartilage
D) dense irregular

Question 61

Dense regular connective tissue is characterized by giving strength in all directions.

Question 62

Cancer can arise from each of the following except

A) induced apoptosis.
B) inactivation of a tumor-suppressor gene.
C) turning on of oncogenes.
D) exposure to a carcinogen.

Question 63

When cells from a cancerous tumor travel to other parts of the body, this process is called

A) carcinogenesis.
B) transformation.
C) malignancy.
D) metastasis.

Question 64

Multilayered epithelia are named for the cell shape found in the basal layer.

Question 65

A common example of a unicellular exocrine gland is

A) an endothelial cell.
B) a fibroblast.
C) a goblet cell.
D) any hormone-secreting cell.

Question 66

A muscle fiber is

A) the same as a collagen fiber that is viewed by electron microscopy.
B) a muscle cell.
C) part of a striation of a muscle cell.
D) an intercalated disc.

Question 67

Areolar connective tissue forms the lamina propria of mucous membranes.

Question 68

A connective tissue that has a liquid matrix is

A) areolar connective tissue.
B) tissue fluid.
C) epithelium.
D) blood.

Question 69

Cartilage is a form of tissue.

A) nervous
B) connective
C) epithelial
D) muscle

Question 70

Tissue types which are known as mucous and serous membranes are comprised of sheets of epithelial cells and

A) adipose tissue.
B) reticular connective tissue
C) elastic connective tissue.
D) areolar connective tissue.

Question 71

In connective tissue, extracellular matrix is not exactly the same as ground substance, because the matrix also contains

A) an epithelium.
B) fibers.
C) blood.
D) cells.

Question 72

In connective tissues, the primary extracellular molecules responsible for resisting tension are

A) proteoglycans
B) intermediate filaments in fibroblasts.
C) elastin fibers.
D) collagen fibers.

Question 73

The embryonic tissue that gives rise to the adult connective tissues, consisting of star-shaped cells separated by large amounts of extracellular matrix, is

A) hypoblast.
B) epithelium.
C) ectoderm.
D) mesenchyme.

Question 74

In bony tissues, chondrocytes are found in the lacunae.

Question 75

The type of cell junction that closes off the space between epithelial cells, thereby limiting the passage of small molecules, is the

A) adherens junction.
B) tight junction.
C) gap junction.
D) desmosome.

Question 76

The mesothelium comprises the superficial layer of the serous membranes of the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial cavities.

Question 77

Cell junctions occur in which plasma membrane of epithelial cells?

A) nuclear
B) lateral
C) basal lamina
D) apical

Question 78

When unstretched, transitional epithelium looks most like epithelium.

A) simple squamous
B) stratified squamous
C) pseudostratified columnar
D) stratified cuboidal

Question 79

Of the following, the tissue with the greatest capacity for regeneration is

A) smooth muscle.
B) neurons.
C) skeletal muscle.
D) epithelium.

Question 80

A pseudostratified epithelium is always

A) simple.
B) cuboidal.
C) stratified.
D) ciliated.