BIO 168 CORE MAIN EXAMINATION SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE

BIO 168 CORE MAIN EXAMINATION SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What provides a hard, continuous surface for the epidermis of the cutaneous
membrane?
A) keratin
B) mucus
C) collagen
D) cilia - ✔✔A) keratin

✔✔What type of cell junction would most likely prevent water from flowing between our
cells?
A) glycoproteins
B) desmosomes
C) gap junctions
D) tight junctions - ✔✔D) tight junctions

✔✔What type of large, multinucleated cell destroys bone?
A) osteoblast
B) osteoclast
C) chondroblast
D) osteocyte - ✔✔B) osteoclast

, ✔✔What type of membrane lines cavities that open to the outside of the body?
A) serous membrane
B) cutaneous membrane
C) mucous membrane
D) synovial membrane - ✔✔C) mucous membrane

✔✔Which of the following is constructed of elastic cartilage?
A) fetal skeleton
B) nose
C) intervertebral discs
D) external ear - ✔✔D) external ear

✔✔Which of the following is the inner part of a serous membrane that covers the lungs?
A) visceral pleura
B) parietal pleura
C) lamina propria
D) synovial membrane - ✔✔A) visceral pleura

✔✔Which unicellular gland is responsible for mucus secretion?
A) mast cell
B) goblet cell
C) adipocyte
D) fibroblast - ✔✔B) goblet cell

✔✔You examine a tissue slide through the microscope and recognize one layer of cells
that are mostly tall and elongated. You determine this tissue to be:
A) simple squamous epithelium
B) simple columnar epithelium
C) simple cuboidal epithelium
D) stratified columnar epithelium - ✔✔B) simple columnar epithelium

✔✔The prefix pseudo- means - ✔✔False

✔✔The prefix adip- means - ✔✔Fat

✔✔The prefix strata- means - ✔✔Layer

✔✔The prefix squam- means - ✔✔Scale

✔✔Define: Squamous - ✔✔epithelium consists of a single layer of flat cells that
resemble scales.