Chapter 4

Question 1

Which of the following is not found in the matrix of cartilage but is in bone?

Answer 1

blood vessels

Question 2

The reasons that intervertebral discs exhibit a large amount of tensile strength to absorb shock is because they possess

Answer 2

collagen fibers

Question 3

What tissue has lacunae, calcium salts, and blood vessels?

Answer 3

osseous tissue

Question 4

How is hyaline cartilage different from elastic or fibrocartilage?

Answer 4

Fibers are not normally visible

Question 5

Epithelial tissue

Answer 5

has a basement membrane

Question 6

Which of the following would be most importance to goblet cells and other glandular epithelium?

Answer 6

Golgi bodies

Question 7

Mammary glands exhibit a glandular type called

Answer 7

compound alveolar

Question 8

What feature characterizes simple columnar epithelium of the digestive tract?

Answer 8

dense microvilli

Question 9

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium?

Answer 9

lines the respiratory tract

Question 10

Which of the following is a single-celled layer of epithelium that forms the lining of serous membranes?

Answer 10

simple squamous

Question 11

Which statement best describes connective tissue?

Answer 11

usually contains a large amount of matrix

Question 12

Matrix is composed of

Answer 12

fibers and ground substance

Question 13

Cell types likely to be seen in areolar connective tissue include all except

Answer 13

chondrocytes

Question 14

Which tissue type arises from all three embryonic germ layers?

Answer 14

epithelial tissue

Question 15

The fiber type that gives connective tissue great tensile strength is

Answer 15

collagen

Question 16

Organized groups of cells (plus their intercellular substances) that have a common purpose form a(n)

Answer 16

tissue

Question 17

The shape of the external ear is maintained by

Answer 17

elastic cartilage

Question 18

Inability to absorb digest nutrients and secrete music might indicate a disorder in which tissue?

Answer 18

simple columnar

Question 19

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

Answer 19

endocrine

Question 20

Which of the following is true about epithelia?

Answer 20

Endothelium provides a slick surface lining all hallow cardiovascular organs

Question 21

Chondroblasts

Answer 21

within the cartilage divide and secrete new matrix

Question 22

____ epithelium appears to have tow or three layers of cells, but all the cells are in contact with the basement membrane.

Answer 22

Pseudostratified columnar

Question 23

A multilayered epithelium with cuboidal basal cells and flat cells at its surface would be classified as

Answer 23

stratified squamous

Question 24

An epithelial membrane

Answer 24

contains simple or stratified epithelia and a basement membrane

Question 25

Multicellular exocrine glands can be classified

Answer 25

functionally into merocrine, holocrine, and apocrine divisions

Question 26

Which of the following is true about the mode of secretion of exocrine glands?

Answer 26

Merocrine glands are not altered by the secretory process.

Question 27

Which of these is not considered connective tissue?

Answer 27

muscle

Question 28

What are glycosaminoglycans?

Answer 28

negatively charged polysaccharides

Question 29

What is true concerning muscle tissue?

Answer 29

highly cellular and well vascularized

Question 30

The first step in tissue repair involves

Answer 30

inflammation

Question 31

Select the correct statement regarding multicellular exocrine glands

Answer 31

the secretory cells of holocrine glands release their product by rupturing

Question 32

What are the three main components of connective tissue?

Answer 32

ground substance, fiber and cells

Question 33

Which of the following statements is true of connective tissue?

Answer 33

Collagen fivers provide high tensile strength

Question 34

Select the correct statement regarding the cells of connective tissue

Answer 34

"Blast" cells are undifferentiated, actively dividing cells.

Question 35

Select the correct statement regarding tissue repair.

Answer 35

Inflammation causes capillaries to dilate and become permeable

Question 36

Select the correct statement regarding epithelia

Answer 36

Stratified epithelia are present where protection from abrasion is important

Question 37

Select the correct statement regarding adipose tissue

Answer 37

its primary function is nutrient storage

Question 38

Which cells are commonly found wedged between simple columnar epithelial cells

Answer 38

goblets cells

Question 39

Selected the correct statement regarding factors that affect the tissue repair process.

Answer 39

the age of the person is a factor in the repair process

Question 40

In adults, new surface epithelial cells and the epithelial cells lining the intestine are derived from

Answer 40

stem cells

Question 41

Mesenchymal cells are most commonly found in ___ connective tissue

Answer 41

embryonic