EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How many main tissue types are found in the human body?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 - CORRECT ANSWER - D. 4
Avascularity is a characteristic of which tissue type?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac tissue
D. Epithelial tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Epithelial tissue
Which type of tissue rests on an underlying basement membrane?
A. Cardiac tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Epithelial tissue
D. Connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Epithelial tissue
Regeneration is a characteristic of what type of tissue?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Epithelial tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Epithelial tissue
,Which muscle tissue is striated and voluntary?
A. Cardiac muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Skeletal muscle
D. Smooth muscle - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Skeletal muscle
Gap junctions are unique to .
A. skeletal muscle
B. epithelial tissue
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle - CORRECT ANSWER - C. cardiac muscle
Which cells serve an immunological defense function?
A. Adipocytes
B. Melanocytes
C. Macrophages
D. Microcells - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Macrophages
Which represents specialized nerve cells that generate and conduct nerve
impulses?
A. Glial
B. Elastic
C. Neuron
D. Muscle - CORRECT ANSWER - C. Neuron
Which are known functions of glia cells? Select all that apply.
A. Protect neurons.
B. Send electrical impulses.
,C. Processes sensory information.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons. - CORRECT ANSWER - A.
Protect neurons.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons.
The three types of muscle are .
A. skeletal, reticular, and elastic
B. skeletal, smooth, and elastic
C. skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
D. skeletal, cardiac, and transitional - CORRECT ANSWER - C.
skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
Which of the following is false, with respect to muscle tissue?
A. Muscle specializes in contraction.
B. Muscle helps control body temperature.
C. Muscle is one of the four classes of tissue types.
D. Muscle contraction can cause movement.
E. Muscle serves as a calcium reservoir. - CORRECT ANSWER - E.
Muscle serves as a calcium reservoir.
The three types of protein fibers that are found in connective tissue are
.
A. collagen, elastic, and reticular
B. blood, lymph, and interstitial fluid
C. loose, dense, and irregular
D. tendons, ligaments, and elastic ligaments
E. cartilage, bone, and collagen - CORRECT ANSWER - A. collagen,
elastic, and reticular
, Pseudostratified columnar epithelium's primary function is
.
A. absorption
B. secretion
C. filtration
D. protection - CORRECT ANSWER - B. secretion
Which is not a function of simple squamous epithelium?
A. Filtration
B. Protection from abrasion
C. Diffusion
D. Secretion - CORRECT ANSWER - B. Protection from abrasion
An epithelium in which the basal layer of cells is cuboidal and the apical
layer has cells that are thin and flat with a fried-egg appearance in shape
is a
epithelium
A. stratified cuboidal
B. simple columnar
C. stratified squamous
D. Simple cuboidal - CORRECT ANSWER - C. stratified squamous
A structure that secretes hormones directly into the blood is
.
A. a plasma cell
B. a goblet cell
C. an exocrine gland
D. an endocrine gland - CORRECT ANSWER - D. an endocrine gland