Chapter Questions
Urothelium is found ina. the urinary system.b. the respiratory system.c. the digestive system.d. the reproductive system.e. all of the above.
The external surface of the stomach is covered bya. a mucosa.b. a serosa.c. the parietal peritoneum.d. a lamina propria.e. a basement membrane.
Which of these is a primary germ layer?a. epidermisb. mucosac. ectodermd. endotheliume. epithelium
A seminiferous tubule of the testis is lined with _____ epithelium.a. simple cuboidalb. pseudostratified columnar ciliatedc. stratified squamousd. transitionale. stratified cuboidal
______ . prevent fluids from seeping betweenepithelial cells.a. Glycosaminoglycansb. Hemidesmosomesc. Tight junctionsd. Communicating junctionse. Basement membranes
A fixative serves toa. stop tissue decay.b. improve contrast.c. repair a damaged tissue.d. bind epithelial cells together.e. bind cardiac myocytes together.
The collagen of areolar tissue is produced bya. macrophages.b. fibroblasts.c. mast cells.d. leukocytes.e. chondrocytes.
Tendons are composed of _____ connective tissue.a. skeletalb. areolarc. dense irregulard. yellow elastice. dense regular
The shape of the external ear is due toa. skeletal muscle.b. elastic cartilage.c. fibrocartilage.d. articular cartilage.e. hyaline cartilage.
The most abundant formed element(s) of blood is/area. plasma.b. erythrocytes.c. platelets.d. leukocytes.e. proteins.
Any form of pathological tissue death is called _____ .
The simple squamous epithelium that lines the peritoneal cavity is called _____ .
Osteocytes and chondrocytes occupy little cavities called _____.
Muscle cells and axons are often called _____ because of their shape.
Tendons and ligaments are made mainly of the protein _____.
Of the three major categories of muscle, the only one that never has gap junctions is _____.
An epithelium rests on a layer called the _____ between its deepest cells and the underlying connective tissue.
Fibers and ground substance make up the _____ of a connective tissue.
A/An _____ adult stem cell can differentiate into two or more mature cell types.
Any epithelium in which every cell touches the basement membrane is called a/an _____ epithelium.