Chapter 3: Histology

Question 1

Adipose tissue

Answer 1

Connective tissue characterized by the presence of adipocytes(fat cells)
Subcutaneous. Serves as a stored source of energy

Question 2

Apocrine secretion

Answer 2

Part of the cell breaks away to form the secretory product

Question 3

Merocrine (eccrine) secretion

Answer 3

No visible part of the cell enters the secretory product

Question 4

Holocrine

Answer 4

Cell dies and sloughs off to become the secretory product

Question 5

Basic tissue

Answer 5

Epithelial, muscle, connective, and nervous

Question 6

Biopsy

Answer 6

Removal of cell or tissue, usually for laboratory analysis

Question 7

Blood

Answer 7

Liquid connective tissue.

Only body liquid with a high enough cell concentration to have the label “tissue”

Question 8

Bone marrow tissue

Answer 8

Occupies the medullary cavities of bones.

Connective tissue

Question 9

Bone tissue

Answer 9

Mineralized type of connective tissue.

Major structural component of bones

Question 10

Cartilage

Answer 10

Firm connective tissue with unmineralized extracellular matrix.

Question 11

Elastic cartilage

Answer 11

Contains elastic cartilage

Question 12

Fibrocartilage

Answer 12

Contains collagenous fibers

Question 13

Hyaline cartilage

Answer 13

Contains reticular fibers

Question 14

Connective tissue proper (fibrous connective tissue)

Answer 14

Most widely distributed connective tissue, it forms part of every organ

Question 15

Extracellular Matrix

Answer 15

Material outside of and between cells

Question 16

Glandular epithelium

Answer 16

Epithelium specialized for secretion

Question 17

Ground substance

Answer 17

The protein/polysaccharide component of the extracellular matrix.

Question 18

Histology

Answer 18

The study of tissue (microscopic anatomy)

Question 19

Membranous (surface) epithelium

Answer 19

Tissue that forms all outer surfaces of the body and lines all of its lumina and cavities.

Question 20

Mesenchyme

Answer 20

Primitive connective tissue containing a large population of undifferentiated (stem) cells

Question 21

Muscle tissue

Answer 21

Functionally specialized for contraction.

Question 22

Skeletal muscle tissue

Answer 22

Voluntary and striated

Question 23

Smooth muscle tissue

Answer 23

Involuntary, non striated

Question 24

Cardiac muscle tissue

Answer 24

Involuntary, striated

Question 25

Neuroglial (glial) cell

Answer 25

The support cell of the nervous system. They support neurons physically and metabolically.

Question 26

Neuron (nerve cell)

Answer 26

Cell specialized for impulse transmission

Question 27

Primary germ layer

Answer 27

Three defined strata formed during embryonic gastrulation Ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm

Question 28

Regenerative capacity

Answer 28

The ability of a given cell or tissue to replace itself of lost, injured, or diseased. Epithelial and connective tissue: high regenerative capacity Muscle and nervous tissue: low regenerative capacity