Chapter 4: Quiz 2

Question 1

Structural support of the external ear and other structures that need support with flexibility.

Answer 1

Elastic cartilage

Question 2

Forms much of the fetal skeleton and covers the articular surfaces of long bones.

Answer 2

Hyaline cartilage

Question 3

Embryonic connective tissue that arises from mesoderm and produces all types of connective tissues.

Answer 3

Mesenchyme

Question 4

Source of new cells in mature connective tissue.

Answer 4

Mesenchyme

Question 5

Forms internal supporting framework of soft organs such as the spleen.

Answer 5

Reticular tissue

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Blood vessels

Question 7

How is hyaline cartilage different from elastic or fibrocartilage?

Answer 7

Fibers are not normally visible.

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

Epithelial tissues always exhibit polarity; that is, they have a free surface and a basal surface.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Simple cuboidal epithelia are usually associated with secretion and absorption.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Endothelium covers and lines internal cavities such as the pleural and peritoneal cavities.

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Merocrine glands produce their secretions by accumulating their secretions internally and then rupturing the cell.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

The basic difference between dense irregular and dense regular connective tissues is in the amount of elastic fibers and adipose cells present.

Answer 15

False