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Biology : The Unity and Diversity of Life

Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers; Lisa Starr

Chapter 31

Animal Tissue and Organ System - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

00:41

Problem 1

__________ tissues are sheetlike with one free surface.
a. Epithelial
c. Nervous
b. Muscle
d. Connective

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Sam Limsuwannarot
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02:12

Problem 2

_______ keep fluid from leaking between cells.
a. Tight junctions
c. Gap junctions
b. Adhering junctions
d. Fibroblasts

Nagamalla Rama Krishna
Nagamalla Rama Krishna
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00:35

Problem 3

Exocrine glands are specialized _________ tissue.
a. epithelial
c. nervous
b. muscle
d. connective

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Sam Limsuwannarot
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02:13

Problem 4

A rubbery secreted matrix of proteoglycans and collagen surrounds living cells in _________
a. bone
c. adipose tissue
b. cartilage
d. blood

Nagamalla Rama Krishna
Nagamalla Rama Krishna
Numerade Educator
00:24

Problem 5

Blood cells develop from stem cells in ______
a. epidermis
c. cartilage
b. dermis
d. bone

Sam Limsuwannarot
Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:35

Problem 6

Your body's main energy reservoir is _______
a. glycogen stored in cardiac muscle
b. lipids stored in adipose tissue
c. starch stored in skeletal muscle
d. phosphorus stored in bone

Sam Limsuwannarot
Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:35

Problem 7

Cytoplasmic extensions of ________ send and receive
chemical messages.
a. glial cells
c. fibroblasts
b. neurons
d. melanocytes

Mishal Gul
Mishal Gul
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00:40

Problem 8

______ muscle pulls on bones and _________ muscle
regulates the diameter of blood vessels.
a. Skeletal/cardiac
c. Skeletal/smooth
b. Smooth/cardiac
d. Smooth/skeletal

Sam Limsuwannarot
Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:22

Problem 9

Straps of dense, regular connective tissue ______
a. connect muscles to bones
c. underlie the skin
b. produce blood cells
d. lack fibroblasts

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Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:34

Problem 10

_________ increase the surface area of some epithelial cells.
a. Microfilaments
c. Gap junctions
b. Microvilli
d. Adhering junctions

Sam Limsuwannarot
Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:33

Problem 11

Tears are an ________ $\longrightarrow$ secretion released by specialized ______ tissue cells.
a. endocrine; epithelial
c. exocrine; epithelial
b. endocrine; connective
d. exocrine; connective

Sam Limsuwannarot
Sam Limsuwannarot
Numerade Educator
00:28

Problem 12

Cancers most commonly arise in ________ tissue.
a. epithelial
c. nervous
b. muscle
d. connective

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Sam Limsuwannarot
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01:01

Problem 13

The most abundant protein in your body is ______
a. melanin
c. collagen
b. elastin
d. keratin

Nagamalla Rama Krishna
Nagamalla Rama Krishna
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03:59

Problem 14

Match each term with the most suitable description
_____exocrine gland
_____endocrine gland
_____fibroblast
_____melanocyte
_____neuron
_____smooth muscle
_____skeletal muscle
_____blood
_____keratinocyte
_____extracellular fluid

a. cell in nervous tissue
b. secretes a hormone
c. secretes through a duct
d. collagen-producing cell
e. contracts involuntarily
pigment-producing cell
g. main source of body heat
h. main cells in epidermis
i. fluid connective tissue
includes interstitial fluid,
lymph

Nagamalla Rama Krishna
Nagamalla Rama Krishna
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00:23

Problem 15

With negative feedback, detection of a change brings about a response that ________ $\longrightarrow$ the change.
a. reverses
c. has no effect on
b. accelerates
d. mimics

Mishal Gul
Mishal Gul
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