HTHS 1110 - Unit 7 Test Questions and
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major classes of connective tissue - Answer Blood and lymph (fluid)
Cartilage and bone (supporting)
Proper (includes loose and dense)
What 3 things did the video state that all connective tissue has in common? - Answer
comprised of cells and extracellular matrix
different degrees of blood flow
develops from mesenchyme
What are the 2 main components of all connective tissue? - Answer cells and extracellular
matrix
What makes up the extracellular matrix? - Answer ground substance and fibers (proteins)
Collagen - Answer Stronger than steel
Elastic - Answer Provides stretch in lungs and walls of the blood vessels
Reticular - Answer Form sponge-like network
fibroblasts - Answer Lay down new proteins
adipocytes - Answer Insulation and energy storage
macrophages - Answer Protection/phagocytes
white blood cells - Answer defense
mast cells - Answer inflammation
plasma cells - Answer antibody production
, Cellular junctions that keep material from leaking out of the stomach, intestines, and urinary
bladder. - Answer Tight Junctions
Spot welds a cell to the basement membrane - Answer Hemidesmosome
Form electrical and biochemical links between two cells. - Answer Gap junction
Forms a cadherin belt that holds two cells together. - Answer Adherens
Allows small ions passage between cells through channels formed by connexons - Answer
Gap Junctions
Spot welds cells together using cadherin plus intermediate filaments - Answer Desmosomes
Linking structures that connect cells to each other and the extracellular matrix - Answer
Cellular Junctions
What type of junction can seal like a hatch if a neighboring cell is sick? - Answer Gap
Junctions
Epithelial tissue - Answer Consists of sheets of cells that cover body structures and glands
that produce secretions
Connective tissue - Answer Consists of cells that in a matrix of amorphous ground substance
and fibers, supports the body and binds tissue and organs. (Two specialized connective tissue,
blood and lymph, contain fluid instead of fibers)
Muscle Tissue - Answer Consists of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle fibers that produce
muscle movements.
Nervous tissue - Answer Consists of neurons and neuroglia that conduct impulses from one
part of the body to another
There are two types of epithelial tissue which are: - Answer epithelial sheets that act as
coverings for body structures and glands that produce secretions (skin, internal tracts, glands)
Already Passed Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
major classes of connective tissue - Answer Blood and lymph (fluid)
Cartilage and bone (supporting)
Proper (includes loose and dense)
What 3 things did the video state that all connective tissue has in common? - Answer
comprised of cells and extracellular matrix
different degrees of blood flow
develops from mesenchyme
What are the 2 main components of all connective tissue? - Answer cells and extracellular
matrix
What makes up the extracellular matrix? - Answer ground substance and fibers (proteins)
Collagen - Answer Stronger than steel
Elastic - Answer Provides stretch in lungs and walls of the blood vessels
Reticular - Answer Form sponge-like network
fibroblasts - Answer Lay down new proteins
adipocytes - Answer Insulation and energy storage
macrophages - Answer Protection/phagocytes
white blood cells - Answer defense
mast cells - Answer inflammation
plasma cells - Answer antibody production
, Cellular junctions that keep material from leaking out of the stomach, intestines, and urinary
bladder. - Answer Tight Junctions
Spot welds a cell to the basement membrane - Answer Hemidesmosome
Form electrical and biochemical links between two cells. - Answer Gap junction
Forms a cadherin belt that holds two cells together. - Answer Adherens
Allows small ions passage between cells through channels formed by connexons - Answer
Gap Junctions
Spot welds cells together using cadherin plus intermediate filaments - Answer Desmosomes
Linking structures that connect cells to each other and the extracellular matrix - Answer
Cellular Junctions
What type of junction can seal like a hatch if a neighboring cell is sick? - Answer Gap
Junctions
Epithelial tissue - Answer Consists of sheets of cells that cover body structures and glands
that produce secretions
Connective tissue - Answer Consists of cells that in a matrix of amorphous ground substance
and fibers, supports the body and binds tissue and organs. (Two specialized connective tissue,
blood and lymph, contain fluid instead of fibers)
Muscle Tissue - Answer Consists of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle fibers that produce
muscle movements.
Nervous tissue - Answer Consists of neurons and neuroglia that conduct impulses from one
part of the body to another
There are two types of epithelial tissue which are: - Answer epithelial sheets that act as
coverings for body structures and glands that produce secretions (skin, internal tracts, glands)
