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Openstax Anatomy Final Exam questions |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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simple cuboidal epithelium - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: secretion and absorption |\ |\ |\




Location: Kidney tubules; ducts and secretory portions of
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small glands, ovary surface.
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stratified cuboidal epithelium - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: protection |\




Location: Largest ducts of sweat glands, mammary
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glands, and salivary glands.
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simple squamous epithelium - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: Allows passage of materials by diffusion and
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filtration in sites where protection is not important;
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secretes lubricating substances in serosae.
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Location: Kidney glomeruli, air sacs of lungs, lining of
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heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels; lining of
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ventral body cavity(serosae)
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,stratified squamous epithelium - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: protects underlying tissues in areas subject|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



to abrasion
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Location: nonkeratinized type forms the moist lining of
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the esophagus, mouth, and vagina; keratinized type
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forms the epidermis of the skin, a dry membrane.
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simple columnar epithelium - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: Absorption; secretion of mucus, enzymes, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



and other substances; ciliated type propels mucus (or
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reproductive cells) by ciliated action. |\ |\ |\ |\




Location: nonciliated type lines most of the digestive tract
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(stomach to anal canal), gallbladder and excretory ducts
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of some glands; ciliated variety lines small bronchi,
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uterine tubes, and some regions of the uterus.
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stratified columnar epithelium - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: protection and secretion |\ |\ |\




Location: rare in the body; small amounts in male urethra
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and in large ducts of some glands
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,pseudostratified columnar epithelium - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



ANSWERS ✔✔tissue that consists of a single layer of
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irregularly shaped and sized cells that give the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



appearance of multiple layers; found in ducts of certain |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



glands and the upper respiratory tract
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transitional epithelium - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔function: |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



stretches readily and permits distension of urinary organ
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by contained urine
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Location: lines the ureters, urinary bladder, and part of
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the urethra
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serous membrane - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔thin layer of
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tissue that covers internal body cavities and secretes a
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fluid that keeps the membrane moist; also called serosa
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exocrine glands - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔secrete
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chemical substances into ducts that lead either to other
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organs or out of the body
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endocrine glands - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔glands that|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



secrete chemicals called hormones directly into the
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bloodstream

, extracellular matrix (ECM) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
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meshwork surrounding animal cells, consisting of
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glycoproteins, polysaccharides, and proteoglycans |\ |\ |\ |\



synthesized and secreted by the cells. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




areolar connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: wraps and cushions organs |\ |\ |\ |\




Location: widely distributed under epithelia of body. Binds
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skin to muscles, found around organs and blood vessels.
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reticular connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Connective tissue that contains reticular fibers and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



cells; used to make the framework of major organs
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dense regular connective tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Function: attaches muscles to bones or to other
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muscles; attaches bones to bones; withstands great
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tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one
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direction


Location: tendons, most ligaments, aponeuroses
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