CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY BIOS 251
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Avascularity is a characteristic of which tissue type?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac tissue
D. Epithelial tissue. Answer: D. Epithelial tissue
◉ Which type of tissue rests on an underlying basement membrane?
A. Cardiac tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Epithelial tissue
D. Connective tissue. Answer: C. Epithelial tissue
◉ Regeneration is a characteristic of what type of tissue?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac muscle
,D. Epithelial tissue. Answer: D. Epithelial tissue
◉ Which muscle tissue is striated and voluntary?
A. Cardiac muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Skeletal muscle
D. Smooth muscle. Answer: C. Skeletal muscle
◉ Gap junctions are unique to ______________.
A. skeletal muscle
B. epithelial tissue
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle. Answer: C. cardiac muscle
◉ Which cells serve an immunological defense function?
A. Adipocytes
B. Melanocytes
C. Macrophages
D. Microcells. Answer: C. Macrophages
◉ Which represents specialized nerve cells that generate and conduct
nerve impulses?
,A. Glial
B. Elastic
C. Neuron
D. Muscle. Answer: C. Neuron
◉ Which are known functions of glia cells? Select all that apply.
A. Protect neurons.
B. Send electrical impulses.
C. Processes sensory information.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons.. Answer: A. Protect neurons.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons.
◉ The three types of muscle are ______________________.
A. skeletal, reticular, and elastic
B. skeletal, smooth, and elastic
C. skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
D. skeletal, cardiac, and transitional. Answer: C. skeletal, cardiac, and
smooth
◉ Which of the following is false, with respect to muscle tissue?
, A. Muscle specializes in contraction.
B. Muscle helps control body temperature.
C. Muscle is one of the four classes of tissue types.
D. Muscle contraction can cause movement.
E. Muscle serves as a calcium reservoir.. Answer: E. Muscle serves as a
calcium reservoir.
◉ The three types of protein fibers that are found in connective tissue
are ______________________.
A. collagen, elastic, and reticular
B. blood, lymph, and interstitial fluid
C. loose, dense, and irregular
D. tendons, ligaments, and elastic ligaments
E. cartilage, bone, and collagen. Answer: A. collagen, elastic, and
reticular
◉ Pseudostratified columnar epithelium's primary function is
_________________.
A. absorption
B. secretion
C. filtration
D. protection. Answer: B. secretion
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Avascularity is a characteristic of which tissue type?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac tissue
D. Epithelial tissue. Answer: D. Epithelial tissue
◉ Which type of tissue rests on an underlying basement membrane?
A. Cardiac tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Epithelial tissue
D. Connective tissue. Answer: C. Epithelial tissue
◉ Regeneration is a characteristic of what type of tissue?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac muscle
,D. Epithelial tissue. Answer: D. Epithelial tissue
◉ Which muscle tissue is striated and voluntary?
A. Cardiac muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Skeletal muscle
D. Smooth muscle. Answer: C. Skeletal muscle
◉ Gap junctions are unique to ______________.
A. skeletal muscle
B. epithelial tissue
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle. Answer: C. cardiac muscle
◉ Which cells serve an immunological defense function?
A. Adipocytes
B. Melanocytes
C. Macrophages
D. Microcells. Answer: C. Macrophages
◉ Which represents specialized nerve cells that generate and conduct
nerve impulses?
,A. Glial
B. Elastic
C. Neuron
D. Muscle. Answer: C. Neuron
◉ Which are known functions of glia cells? Select all that apply.
A. Protect neurons.
B. Send electrical impulses.
C. Processes sensory information.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons.. Answer: A. Protect neurons.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons.
◉ The three types of muscle are ______________________.
A. skeletal, reticular, and elastic
B. skeletal, smooth, and elastic
C. skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
D. skeletal, cardiac, and transitional. Answer: C. skeletal, cardiac, and
smooth
◉ Which of the following is false, with respect to muscle tissue?
, A. Muscle specializes in contraction.
B. Muscle helps control body temperature.
C. Muscle is one of the four classes of tissue types.
D. Muscle contraction can cause movement.
E. Muscle serves as a calcium reservoir.. Answer: E. Muscle serves as a
calcium reservoir.
◉ The three types of protein fibers that are found in connective tissue
are ______________________.
A. collagen, elastic, and reticular
B. blood, lymph, and interstitial fluid
C. loose, dense, and irregular
D. tendons, ligaments, and elastic ligaments
E. cartilage, bone, and collagen. Answer: A. collagen, elastic, and
reticular
◉ Pseudostratified columnar epithelium's primary function is
_________________.
A. absorption
B. secretion
C. filtration
D. protection. Answer: B. secretion
