BIOL 227 Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Which primary tissue type would be represented by blood, body fat, ligaments and tendons, dermis of
the skin, and the cartilage of some joints? - ✔✔Specialized connective tissue
Which of the primary tissue types is most widely distributed throughout the body? - ✔✔Connective
tissue
Which tissue type covers body surfaces and lines the inside of organs and body cavities? - ✔✔Epithelial
tissue
In what tissue would you expect to find very little, if any, extracellular matrix? - ✔✔Epithelial tissue
Which feature is not characteristic of epithelial tissue?
A) Polarity
B) Cells connected to each other by intercellular junctions
C) High Regeneration capacity
D) Attachment to a basement membrane
E) Large amount of extracellular matrix - ✔✔E) Large amount of extracellular matrix
Which of the following is not a function of epithelial tissue?
A) Secretion
B) Physical protection
C) Selective Permeability
D) Sensation
E) No exceptions; these are all functions of epithelial tissue - ✔✔E) No exceptions; these are all
functions of epithelial tissue
, Groups of similar cells and extracellular products that carry out a common function are called -
✔✔tissues.
Which is avascular (lacks blood vessels)? - ✔✔epithelial tissue
A _____________ epithelium consists of a single layer of flattened cells attached directly to a basement
membrane. - ✔✔simple squamous
Which type of epithelium is composed of multiple layers, including an apical layer containing tall,
slender cells? - ✔✔Stratified columnar
Which of the following is not lined by nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium?
A) Oral cavity
B) Pharynx
C) Vagina
D) Esophagus
E) Small intestine - ✔✔E) Small intestine
Microscopic folds that extend from the apical surface of certain epithelia to increase the surface area for
absorption and secretion are called - ✔✔microvilli.
If you gently rub your thumb and forefinger together, each finger is contacting - ✔✔keratinized
stratified squamous epithelium.
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium is found lining - ✔✔portions of the respiratory system.
The type of epithelium that lines the urinary bladder and may include some binucleated cells is called
____________ epithelium. - ✔✔transitional
The lining of the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) is comprised of what epithelium? - ✔✔Simple squamous
Which primary tissue type would be represented by blood, body fat, ligaments and tendons, dermis of
the skin, and the cartilage of some joints? - ✔✔Specialized connective tissue
Which of the primary tissue types is most widely distributed throughout the body? - ✔✔Connective
tissue
Which tissue type covers body surfaces and lines the inside of organs and body cavities? - ✔✔Epithelial
tissue
In what tissue would you expect to find very little, if any, extracellular matrix? - ✔✔Epithelial tissue
Which feature is not characteristic of epithelial tissue?
A) Polarity
B) Cells connected to each other by intercellular junctions
C) High Regeneration capacity
D) Attachment to a basement membrane
E) Large amount of extracellular matrix - ✔✔E) Large amount of extracellular matrix
Which of the following is not a function of epithelial tissue?
A) Secretion
B) Physical protection
C) Selective Permeability
D) Sensation
E) No exceptions; these are all functions of epithelial tissue - ✔✔E) No exceptions; these are all
functions of epithelial tissue
, Groups of similar cells and extracellular products that carry out a common function are called -
✔✔tissues.
Which is avascular (lacks blood vessels)? - ✔✔epithelial tissue
A _____________ epithelium consists of a single layer of flattened cells attached directly to a basement
membrane. - ✔✔simple squamous
Which type of epithelium is composed of multiple layers, including an apical layer containing tall,
slender cells? - ✔✔Stratified columnar
Which of the following is not lined by nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium?
A) Oral cavity
B) Pharynx
C) Vagina
D) Esophagus
E) Small intestine - ✔✔E) Small intestine
Microscopic folds that extend from the apical surface of certain epithelia to increase the surface area for
absorption and secretion are called - ✔✔microvilli.
If you gently rub your thumb and forefinger together, each finger is contacting - ✔✔keratinized
stratified squamous epithelium.
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium is found lining - ✔✔portions of the respiratory system.
The type of epithelium that lines the urinary bladder and may include some binucleated cells is called
____________ epithelium. - ✔✔transitional
The lining of the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) is comprised of what epithelium? - ✔✔Simple squamous
