Deck 4: Tissues

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Figure 4.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the connective tissue layer?

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Pseudostratified columnar is one of the tissues of this category.

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

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 6

Which tissue category contains tissues comprised of cells containing myofilaments?

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

Question 7

Figure 4.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
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 8

Bone and cartilage are examples of tissues in this category.

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

Question 9

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 10

Figure 4.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates microvilli?

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

Question 11

Figure 4.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
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 12

Figure 4.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
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 13

Figure 4.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the epithelium?

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

Question 14

Figure 4.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter on the diagram indicates motile structural elements of the epithelial membrane?

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

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

Figure 4.2
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the cytoplasmic protein fiber that connects desmosomes?

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

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

Figure 4.1
Use the diagram above to answer the following questions.
Which letter indicates the basement membrane?

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

Question 19

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

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

Question 20

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

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

Question 21

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

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

Question 22

A structure that secretes hormones into the blood is

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

Question 23

Which of the following provides the least resistance to diffusion?

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

Question 24

This type of tissue includes smooth and cardiac.

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

Question 25

The major function of pseudostratified columnar epithelium is

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

Question 26

Which of the following is not a characteristic of epithelia?

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

Question 27

What do goblet cells secrete?

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

Question 28

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

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

Question 29

Adipocytes are found in tissues belonging to this category.

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

Question 30

The major function of stratified squamous epithelium is

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

Question 31

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

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

Question 32

Which of the following is not associated with connective tissue?

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

Question 33

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

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

Question 34

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

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

Question 35

Only one type of fiber in connective tissue can be stretched and then recoil-return to its original length and shape. This fiber is the

Question 36

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

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

Question 37

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 38

Simple squamous epithelia would not provide

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

Question 39

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

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

Question 40

Ligaments are examples of tissues in this category.

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

Question 41

All lining and covering membranes consist of

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

Question 42

Microvilli can perform all of the following functions except

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

Question 43

Ligaments consist primarily of which kind of connective tissue?

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

Question 44

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

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

Question 45

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

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

Question 46

Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans are components of

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

Question 47

Fat is a form of ________ tissue.

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

The thinnest type of epithelium is

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

Question 51

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

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

Question 52

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

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

Question 53

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

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

Question 54

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) gap junctions.
C) desmosomes.
D) zonula occludens.

Question 55

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) adherens junctions involve integral membrane proteins, whereas tight junctions do not.
C) tight junctions are present near apical lateral borders, whereas adherens junctions are located near basal lateral borders.
D) tight junctions involve fusion of proteins on adjacent cells, whereas adherens junctions create tunnels between adjacent cells.

Question 56

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

Question 57

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 58

The best definition of fibrosis is

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

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) infiltration by neutrophils.
D) leakage of clotting proteins.

Question 60

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

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

Question 61

A connective tissue that has a liquid matrix is

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

Question 62

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

Question 63

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

Question 64

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

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

Question 65

In bony tissues, chondrocytes are found in the lacunae.

Question 66

Cancer can arise from each of the following except

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

Question 67

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

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

Question 68

Areolar connective tissue forms the lamina propria of mucous membranes.

Question 69

Cell junctions occur in which plasma membrane of epithelial cells?

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

Question 70

When unstretched, transitional epithelium looks most like ________ epithelium.

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

Question 71

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

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

Question 72

Cartilage is a form of ________ tissue.

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

Question 73

A common example of a unicellular exocrine gland is

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

Question 74

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

Question 75

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

Question 76

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

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

Question 77

A pseudostratified epithelium is always

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

Question 78

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

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

Question 79

A muscle fiber is

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

Question 80

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

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