2.4 Tissues
Self-quiz
1. Epithelial tissue
A. stores fat.
B. moves the body.
C. store minerals.
D. covers and lines the body part.
2. Epithelial tissue can be classified according to
A. its location.
C. shape and arrangement of cells.
B. its function.
D. the composition of extracellular matrix
3. Associated with the inner lining of some joints between bones are
A. serous fluids.
C. mucous membranes.
B. serous membranes.
D. synovial membranes.
4. The presence of _______________ in a tissue allows stretching and ability to return
to the original shape.
A. cartilage.
C. collagen fibers.
B. elastic fibers.
D. ground substance.
5. Which of the following is true concerning connective tissue?
A. classified according to shape and arrangement.
B. except cartilage, connective tissue is rich blood supply.
C. cells of connective tissue are generally closely joined.
D. loose connective tissue consists of many fibers arranged in regular pattern.
6. Match the following tissue types with their descriptions.
1. Fat storage
A Simple cuboidal
epithelium
2. Protects the skin from damage
B Simple squamous
epithelium
3. Forms the stroma of many organs
C Adipose
4.
Composes the intervertebral discs
D Fibrocartilage
5.
E Reticular connective
6.
Stores red bone marrow, protects,
supports
Found in the walls of hollow organs
7.
Found in lungs, involved in diffusion
G Keratinized stratified
squamous epithelium
8.
Found in kidney tubules, involved in
absorption
H Bone
F Smooth muscle
7. If you were going to design a hollow organ that needed to expand and have
stretchability, which of the following epithelial and connective tissues might you use?
A. stratified columnar epithelium and adipose tissue.
B. simple squamous epithelium and hyaline cartilage.
C. transitional epithelium and elastic connective tissue.
D. simple columnar epithelium and reticular connective tissue.
8. Which of the following statement is NOT true concerning epithelial tissue?
A. cell are closely packed.
B. well supplied with blood vessels.
C. undergoes rapid rates of cell divisions.
D. basal layer rests on the basement membrane.
9. In the repair of tissue, scar tissue appears when
A. stroma is not involved in the repair process.
B. stem cells replace the damaged tissue cells.
C. parenchymal cells dominate the repair process.
D. fibroblasts secrete extracellular materials and collagen.
10. A connective tissue with a liquid extracellular matrix is
A. blood.
C. reticular.
B. areolar.
D. cartilage.
11. The interior of nose is lined with
A. mucous membrane.
B. synovial membrane.
C. serous membrane.
D. smooth muscle tissue.
12. The four main types of tissues are
A. blood, connective, muscular and nervous.
B. connective, epithelial, muscular and nervous.
C. epithelial, membranous, blood and nervous.
D. glandular, muscular, connective and nervous.
13. Which of the following materials would NOT be found in the extracellular matrix of
connective tissue?
A. keratin.
C. reticular fibers.
B. elastic fibers.
D. collagen fibers.
14. Which connective tissue cells secrete antibodies?
A. mast cells.
C. plasma cells.
B. adipocytes.
D. macrophages.
15. Modified columnar epithelial cells that secrete mucus are
A. goblet.
C. fibroblast.
B. ciliated.
D. keratinized.
16. Which tissue forms the heart wall?
A. nervous.
B. skeletal muscle.
C. smooth muscle.
D. cardiac muscle.
17. Stratified squamous epithelium functions in
A. absorption.
C. protection.
B. contraction.
D. transportation.
18. What tissue type is found in tendons?
A. elastic connective tissue.
B. pseudostratified epithelium.
C. dense regular connective tissue.
D. dense irregular connective tissue.
19. In what tissue type would you find stores of calcium and phosphorus?
A. bone.
C. fibrocartilage.
B. elastic cartilage.
D. hyaline cartilage.
20. Which of the following statements is true concerning glandular tissue?
A. exocrine glands produce hormones.
B. sweat gland is example of endocrine gland.
C. endocrine gland contain ducts, exocrine glands do not.
D. secretion of endocrine glands diffuse into bloodstream.