Deck 6: Classification of Tissues

Question 1

This tough, strong, connective tissue is found directly beneath the epithelial tissue of the skin. It is packed with collagen fibers that run in all different directions.

A)dense elastic tissue
B)dense irregular
C)dense regular
D)bone (osseous tissue)

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which muscle tissue type is controlled voluntarily?

A)smooth
B)cardiac
C)cardiac and smooth
D)skeletal

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Nervous tissue contains neurons that .

A)function as support cells
B)protect the delicate functional cells of the nervous system
C)have long processes extending from their cell bodies
D)form insulation around cell processes in the nervous system

Answer 3

C

Question 4

This connective tissue is packed with parallel collagen fibers, attaches muscles to bone, and can withstand great stress when pulled in one direction.

A)dense irregular
B)dense regular
C)fibrocartilage
D)dense elastic

Question 5

This tissue can look like the hexagonal tiles of a bathroom floor. It also forms the air sacs of the lungs.

A)hyaline cartilage
B)adipose connective tissue
C)stratified squamous epithelium
D)simple squamous epithelium

Question 6

This epithelial tissue forms the kidney tubules, and the ducts and secretory portions of small glands.

A)pseudostratified columnar
B)simple squamous
C)simple cuboidal
D)simple columnar

Question 7

This is the toughest kind of cartilage. It is found in places that receive a lot of mechanical stress.

A)elastic cartilage
B)fibrocartilage
C)hyaline cartilage

Question 8

Of the basic muscle types, this is the "meat" of the body, attached to the skeleton, which moves the limbs and other body parts.

A)smooth muscle
B)skeletal muscle
C)cardiac muscle

Question 9

This type of connective tissue is found under epithelia, packaging organs, and surrounding capillaries.

A)reticular
B)dense elastic
C)areolar
D)elastic cartilage

Question 10

Select the tissue that is a simple epithelium.

A)pseudostratified
B)transitional
C)dense regular
D)areolar

Question 11

What is not true of connective tissue?

A)Its matrix is produced by the cells within the tissue.
B)Its matrix contains fibers.
C)It contains both cells and noncellular, nonliving material.
D)All connective tissues contain elastic fibers.

Question 12

The support cells found in nervous tissue are called _ .

A)neuralgia
B)neuromuscular
C)neuroglia
D)neurons

Question 13

This primary tissue type is the only one that can actively contract.

A)epithelial
B)muscle
C)nervous
D)connective

Question 14

Epithelial cells are specialized to .

A)protect, support, and bind together other tissues
B)secrete, filter, and absorb
C)actively contract and produce many types of movements
D)receive stimuli and conduct electrical signals to all parts of the body

Question 15

Two of the four primary tissue types contain excitable cells, cells that receive stimuli and generate electrical signals. One of these is muscle tissue. Name the other.

A)nervous
B)connective
C)epithelial

Question 16

This epithelial tissue has many cell layers. It forms the outer layer of the skin.

A)stratified squamous
B)stratified columnar
C)transitional
D)pseudostratified columnar

Question 17

This is the most abundant and widely distributed tissue type in the body.

A)epithelial
B)nervous
C)muscle
D)connective

Question 18

Squamous epithelial cells .

A)are taller than they are wide, like columns
B)are thin and flat, like fish scales
C)are as tall as they are wide, like cubes
D)have no nuclei

Question 19

Simple epithelia have .

A)two types of epithelial cells, arranged in one layer
B)all three types of epithelial cells arranged in one layer
C)multiple layers of just one type of epithelial cells
D)one type of epithelial cell, arranged in a single layer

Question 20

This type of connective tissue is primarily composed of cells.

A)hyaline cartilage
B)adipose
C)blood
D)bone

Question 21

Muscle cells _.

A)can have many nuclei
B)can have striations
C)are long, can have many nuclei, and can have striations
D)are long

Question 22

Cardiac muscle is found in the .

A)blood vessels
B)capillaries
C)blood vessels, capillaries, and heart
D)heart

Question 23

Bone and cartilage are connective tissues that have .

A)large numbers of cells
B)all fiber types except collagen
C)very small amounts of matrix
D)ground substance that is firm or hard

Question 24

This connective tissue looks like trees that have been cut across so as to show their many rings.

A)reticular
B)elastic cartilage
C)dense irregular
D)bone (osseous tissue)

Question 25

Exocrine glands are considered to be a type of connective tissue because .

A)they produce secretions, not hormones
B)exocrine glands are epithelial tissue, not connective tissue
C)they develop from mesenchyme
D)their ducts connect them to a surface

Question 26

This connective tissue looks like strands of wavy hair. It is very strong and attaches muscles to bones.

A)fibrocartilage
B)elastic tissue
C)areolar
D)dense regular

Question 27

What is not true of epithelial cells?

A)They are richly vascularized.
B)They have a free surface.
C)They regenerate readily.
D)They are bound together to form sheets.

Question 28

This tissue type is a covering and lining tissue. It includes glands.

A)nervous
B)connective
C)muscle
D)epithelial

Question 29

This connective tissue looks like very tiny "chicken wire," or many little circlets all pressed closely together.

A)hyaline cartilage
B)blood
C)adipose
D)reticular

Question 30

Epithelia tissues are found .

A)attaching muscle to bone
B)lining hollow organs
C)within the brain
D)in the walls of hollow organs