BIOL 227 Chapter 5 Exam Questions
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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
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, 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?
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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
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, 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?
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