Tissues Dynamic Study Modules

Question 1

_____ are important and common unicellular exocrine glands

Answer 1

goblet cells

Question 2

what describes a squamous shaped cell ?

Answer 2

a flattened, scale-like cell

Question 3

what is the role of an exocrine gland?

Answer 3

to secrete substances onto body surfaces or into body cavities

Question 4

which exocrine gland stores its secretion until the gland ruptures ?

Answer 4

holocrine gland

Question 5

the role of microvilli is to ____

Answer 5

increase surface area

Question 6

secretes substances, particularly mucus; propulsion of mucus by ciliary action

Answer 6

pseudostratified columnar epithelium

Question 7

which epithelium has the function: secretion and absorption?

Answer 7

simple cuboidal

Question 8

the basement membrane is located between which tissue types ?

Answer 8

epithelial and connective tissue

Question 9

what is the location of an epithelial tissue where keratinized stratified squamous is found

Answer 9

epidermis of skin

Question 10

what location can this epithelial tissue: simple squamous, be found?

Answer 10

walls of the air sacs of the lungs and lining blood vessels

Question 11

pseudostratified ciliated columnar is located where ?

Answer 11

lines most of the upper respiratory tract

Question 12

______ are important and common unicellular exocrine glands

Answer 12

goblet cells

Question 13

function of stratified squamous

Answer 13

protection from wear and tear

Question 14

avascular; associated with a basement membrane; apical and basal surfaces; great powers of regeneration; sparse extracellular matrix

Answer 14

epithelium

Question 15

the role of microvilli is to ____

Answer 15

increase surface area

Question 16

multiple layers of cells with apical cells varying in appearance depending on the degree of stretch

Answer 16

transitional epithelium

Question 17

single layer of cubelike cells with large, spherical central nuclei

Answer 17

simple cuboidal

Question 18

the basement membrane is located between which tissue types ?

Answer 18

epithelial and connective tissue

Question 19

function of stratified squamous epithelium

Answer 19

protection from wear and tear

Question 20

function of stratified squamous epithelium

Answer 20

protection from wear and tear

Question 21

which epithelial tissue type is best adapted for the rapid transport of materials across its membranes ?

Answer 21

simple squamous

Question 22

why are histological sections stained ?

Answer 22

to enhance contrast

Question 23

mucus that protects your stomach lining is secreted by which type of epithelial cell ?

Answer 23

simple columnar epithelium

Question 24

walls of smallest ducts of glands and kidney tubules is where which epithelial tissue can be found ?

Answer 24

simple cuboidal epithelium

Question 25

mostly found in the dicts of some of the larger glands (sweat and mammary glands) is what tissue?

Answer 25

stratified cuboidal epithelium

Question 26

basement membrane is located between which two tissue types ?

Answer 26

epithelial and connective tissue

Question 27

function of the transitional epithelium

Answer 27

stretching

Question 28

You observe a multicellular gland with branched ducts and saclike secretory areas. What type of gland would this most likely be?

Answer 28

a compound alveolar exocrine gland