Exam 4: The Tissue Level of Organization

The tissue that always has an apical and a basal surface is ________ tissue.

In ________ growth, cartilage grows wider or thicker in diameter.

Cells that store fat are called

What type of cell makes up almost half the volume of blood?

An epithelial cell can be divided into two functional regions. They are the ________ and the basal surface.

Abiology student accidentally loses the labels of two prepared slides she is studying. One is a slide ofanintestine, the other of an esophagus. You volunteer to help her sort them out. How would you decide which slide is which?

The three categories of connective tissues are

Characteristics of epithelia include all of the following except

In stratified epithelia adapted to resist mechanical forces, which of the following types of cell-to-cell junctions are especially abundant?

Chondroitin sulfate is abundant in the matrix of

Tissue membranes combine

Myosatellite cells are found in association with ________ muscle.

The Pap test for cervical cancer utilizes

Epithelial cells that line the small intestine transport nutrients into the body. Directional transportisassociated with the epithelial tissue property of

In-Text Figure Based Questions -Which type of loose connective tissue provides padding, cushions shock, reduces heat loss, and stores energy? Where are some places in the body this type of tissue is commonly found? (Figure 4-11)

Which is likely to heal faster, a bone injury or a cartilage injury? Why?

Why is cardiac muscle tissue that has been damaged by injury or disease incapable of regeneration?

In-Text Figure Based Questions -Which formed element of the blood contains a nucleus? (Figure 4-14)

What is the cause of the striated appearance of skeletal and cardiac muscle?

How can cartilage maintain its function even though it is avascular?