Tissues

Question 1

• single layer of flat cells
• substances can pass through easily
• line blood vessels
• line lymphatic vessels
• line air sacs

Answer 1

simple squamous

Question 1

-single layer of cube shaped cells
- line kidney tubules
- cover ovaries
- line ducts of some glands

Answer 1

simple cuboidal

Question 2

-single layer of elongated cells
- nucleus near basement (so is membrane)
- sometimes have cilia and microvilli
- line uterus, stomach, and intestines

Answer 2

simple columnar

Question 3

-single layer of elongated cells
- nuclei at two or more levels
- often have cilia and goblet cells (secretor of mucus)
- line respiratory passages (trachea)

Answer 3

Pseudostratified columnar

Question 4

-many cell layers
- top cells are flat
- can accumulate keratin
- outer layer of skin
- lines oral cavity, vagina, and anal canal

Answer 4

stratified squamous

Question 5

-many cell layers
- cube shaped and elongated cells
- line urinary bladder, uterus, and part of the urethra

Answer 5

transitional

Question 6

composed of cells that are specialized to produce and secrete substances

Answer 6

glandular epithelium

Question 7

are ductless

Answer 7

endocrine glands

Question 8

contain ducts

Answer 8

exocrine glands

Question 9

example of unicellular exocrine gland (composed of one cell)

Answer 9

goblet cell

Question 10

examples of multicellular exocrine gland (composed of many cells)

Answer 10

sweat glands, salivary glands, etc

Question 11

fluid product, salivary glands, pancreas gland, sweat gland

Answer 11

merocrine glands

Question 12

cellular product, portions of cells, mammary glands, ceruminous glands

Answer 12

apocrine glands

Question 13

secretory products, whole cells, sebaceous glands (oil)

Answer 13

holocrine glands

Question 14

fixed cell, produce fibers, most common cell, large star shaped

Answer 14

fibroblast

Question 15

wandering cell, phagocytic, important in injury or infection

Answer 15

macrophage

Question 16

fixed cell, release heparin and histamine

Answer 16

mast cells

Question 17

thick, hold structures together, tendons and ligaments, composed of collagen, great tensile strength, abundant in dense CT

Answer 17

collagenous fibers

Question 18

very thin collagenous fibers, highly branched, form supportive networks

Answer 18

reticular fibers

Question 19

bundles of microfibrils, vocal cords and air passages, embedded in elastin, fibers branch, elastic

Answer 19

elastic fibers

Question 20

mainly fibroblast, fluid to gel like matrix, collagenous fibers, elastic fibers, bind skin to structures, beneath most epithelia, blood vessels nourish nearby epithelial cells, between muscles

Answer 20

loose connective tissue

Question 21

behind eyeballs, around kidneys and heart, cushions, insulates, store fats, beneath skin, adipocytes

Answer 21

adipose tissue

Question 22

composed of reticular fibers, supports internal organ walls, walls of liver, spleen, lymphatic organs

Answer 22

reticular connective tissue

Question 23

packed collagenous fibers, elastic fibers, few fibroblasts, bind body parts together, tendons, ligaments, dermis, poor blood supply

Answer 23

dense connective tissue

Question 24

abundant in elastic tissue, some collagenous fibers, fibroblasts, attachments between bones (ligaments), walls of large arteries, airways, and heart

Answer 24

elastic connective tissue

Question 25

solid matrix, supports, protects, forms blood cells, attachments for muscles, skeleton, osteocytes in lacunae

Answer 25

bone

Question 26

rigid matrix, chondrocytes in lacunae, poor blood supply

Answer 26

cartilage

Question 27

most abundant type of cartilage, ends of bones, nose, respiratory passages, embryotic skeleton

Answer 27

hyaline cartilage

Question 28

very tough cartilage, shock absorber, intervertebral discs, pads of knee and pelvic girdle

Answer 28

fibrocartilage

Question 29

flexible cartilage, external ear and larynx

Answer 29

elastic cartilage

Question 30

attached to bones, striated, voluntary

Answer 30

skeletal muscle

Question 31

walls of organ, skin, walls of blood vessels, involuntary, non-striated

Answer 31

smooth muscle

Question 32

heart wall, involuntary, striated, intercalated disk

Answer 32

cardiac muscle

Question 33

found in brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves, functional cells are called neurons, neuroglia cells support and bind its components, sensory reception, conduction of nerve impulses

Answer 33

nervous tissue