BIOS 251 Exam 2027 2 Test Bank | Updated Questions & Answers Review with A+ Solutions

BIOS 251 Exam 2027 2 Test Bank | Updated Questions &
Answers Review with A+ Solutions

Question 1.
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


Question 2.
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


Question 3.
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 -✓✓C. Skeletal muscle


Question 4.
Gap junctions are unique to ______________.
A. skeletal muscle
B. epithelial tissue
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle

Correct Answer: C. cardiac muscle

,Question 5.
Which cells serve an immunological defense function?
A. Adipocytes
B. Melanocytes
C. Macrophages
D. Microcells

Correct Answer: C. Macrophages


Question 6.
Which represents specialized nerve cells that generate and conduct nerve impulses?
A. Glial
B. Elastic
C. Neuron
D. Muscle

Correct Answer: C. Neuron


Question 7.
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.


Question 8.
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


Question 9.
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.


Question 10.
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


Question 11.
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium's primary function is _________________.
A. absorption
B. secretion
C. filtration
D. protection

Correct Answer: B. secretion


Question 12.
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 -✓✓C. stratified squamous


Question 13.
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