Question 1

What type of connective tissue makes up tendons and ligaments?

Accepted Answer

A)   Adipose tissue
B)   Dense, regular collagenous connective tissue
C)   Loose, areolar connective tissue
D)   Dense, irregular elastic connective tissueE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a mediator of inflammation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Histamine
B)   Kinins
C)   Prostaglandins
D)   Polysaccharides
E)   LeukotrienesF) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

Which suffix indicates cells that produce the matrix of connective tissue?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cyte
B)   Blast
C)   Clast
D)   FiberE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Axons carry impulses toward the cell body of a neuron.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What kind of cells are neurons and skeletal muscle cells with respect to repair after an injury?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stable cells
B)   Labile cells
C)   Permanent cells
D)   Temporary cellsE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

What type of cell connection anchor cells to each other in areas of mechanical stress?

Accepted Answer

A)   Desmosomes
B)   Gap junctions
C)   Tight junctions
D)   HemidesmosomesE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 7

Which type of cartilage is found in the external ear and the epiglottis?

Accepted Answer

A)   Hyaline cartilage
B)   Elastic cartilage
C)   Osteocartilage
D)   FibrocartilageE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow organs?

Accepted Answer

A)   Skeletal muscle
B)   Smooth muscle
C)   Cardiac muscleD) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 9

Stratified squamous epithelium may actually have columnar or cuboidal cells in the lowest layers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The process of removing tissue samples from a patient for diagnostic purposes is a/an

Accepted Answer

A)   Oscopy
B)   Ostomy
C)   Ectomy
D)   BiopsyE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

What type of connective tissue is made up of sheaths of short collagen fibers running in various directions, such as the dermis of the skin?

Accepted Answer

A)   Dense, regular collagenous connective tissue
B)   Loose, areolar connective tissue
C)   Dense, irregular elastic connective tissue
D)   Dense, irregular collagenous connective tissueE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Which type of cell is the conducting cell of nervous tissue?

Accepted Answer

A)   Neuroglia
B)   Nephrons
C)   Neurons
D)   All of the choices are correctE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

What type of cell connection binds adjacent cells together to prevent intercellular movement or materials?

Accepted Answer

A)   Desmosomes
B)   Gap junctions
C)   Tight junctions
D)   HemidesmosomesE) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 14

Which symptoms of inflammation occur as a result of blood vessel dilation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Redness and heat
B)   Swelling and pain
C)   Redness and swelling
D)   Pain and heatE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

What type of epithelium is found where diffusion or filtration take place, such as in the alveoli of the lungs?

Accepted Answer

A)   Simple cuboidal epithelium
B)   Stratified squamous epithelium
C)   Simple columnar epithelium
D)   Simple squamous epitheliumE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

Which type of cells have little or no ability to divide?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stable cells
B)   Labile cells
C)   Permanent cells
D)   Temporary cellsE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

The apical surface of epithelium is connected to other epithelial cells.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT an epithelial cell shape?

Accepted Answer

A)   Rectangular
B)   Cuboidal
C)   Columnar
D)   SquamousE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which type of tissue repair occurs when the new cells are of the same type that were destroyed?

Accepted Answer

A)   Regeneration
B)   Replacement
C)   Inflammation
D)   EdemaE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Which type of epithelium is found lining the stomach and intestines?

Accepted Answer

A)   Simple squamous epithelium
B)   Stratified squamous epithelium
C)   Simple columnar epithelium
D)   Simple cuboidal epitheliumE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Exam 4: Tissues, Glands, and Membranes

Which type of cell is the conducting cell of nervous tissue?

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What type of cell connection binds adjacent cells together to prevent intercellular movement or materials?

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Which suffix indicates cells that produce the matrix of connective tissue?

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The process of removing tissue samples from a patient for diagnostic purposes is a/an

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Which type of tissue repair occurs when the new cells are of the same type that were destroyed?

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Which type of cells have little or no ability to divide?

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Stratified squamous epithelium may actually have columnar or cuboidal cells in the lowest layers.

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What type of cell connection anchor cells to each other in areas of mechanical stress?

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Which of the following is NOT a mediator of inflammation?

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Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow organs?

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Which type of cartilage is found in the external ear and the epiglottis?

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The apical surface of epithelium is connected to other epithelial cells.

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What type of connective tissue makes up tendons and ligaments?

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What type of connective tissue is made up of sheaths of short collagen fibers running in various directions, such as the dermis of the skin?

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What kind of cells are neurons and skeletal muscle cells with respect to repair after an injury?

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Which type of epithelium is found lining the stomach and intestines?

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Axons carry impulses toward the cell body of a neuron.

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Which of the following is NOT an epithelial cell shape?

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Which symptoms of inflammation occur as a result of blood vessel dilation?

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What type of epithelium is found where diffusion or filtration take place, such as in the alveoli of the lungs?

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