Questions and All Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
What are most exocrine glands in the human body classified as? - Answer Merocrine
What cells types are likely to be found in areolar CT - Answer Fibroblasts
Macrophages
Mast cells
What is found in the bone but not in the matrix of cartilage - Answer Blood vessels
What is the shape of the external ear maintained by? - Answer elastic cartilage
What is the embryonic CT from which all other CT arise - Answer Mesenchyme
Which fiber types gives CT great tensile strength? - Answer Collagen
What are connexons? - Answer proteins that form channels of gap junsctions
Describe the structural organization of the body - Answer ◽ Atom: smallest particle of an
element with all of the properties of that element - what are the different parts of an atom??
Electron, proton, and neutron
◽ Molecule: the smallest amount of a substance that can exist alone = a combination of atoms
◽ Organelle: molecules associate in specific ways to form organelles = basic components of
living cells
◽ Cell: fundamental structural & functional unit of a living thing; cells vary widely in size &
shape, reflecting unique functions in the body
◽ Tissue: groups of similar cells that have a common function:
1. epithelium
- Lining
2.muscle
, - Communication
◽Organ: structure composed of at least 2 (but usually 4) tissue types that performs a specific
function for the body
◽Organ system: organs that work closely with one another to accomplish a common purpose
I form the mitotic spindle and I can also move organelles around withing the cytoplasm -
Answer Microtubule
I am the site of formation of microtubules - Answer Centriole
I am composed of actin and can influence cell shape - Answer Microfilament
I am a strong rope-like intermediate filament found especially in skin cells - Answer Keratin
I am the cytoskeleton component that allows cilia to move mucus through the respiratory
passageway - Answer Microtubule
I have a double membrane as well as cristae and it is thought that I was originally a bacterium
before a cytoplasmic organelle - Answer Mitochondria
I can be free in the cytoplasm or attached to a membrane and I am the site of protein synthesis -
Answer Ribosome
I inactivate free radicals - Answer Peroxisome
While I can also be rough, when I am smooth I am involved in lipid biosysnethis - Answer
Endoplasmic reticulum
In tay sachs disease, I am the organelle that is missing a glycolipid digesting enzyme - Answer
Lysosome