Deck 8: Basic Tissue

Question 1

Where in the adult body does reticular connective tissue still predominate?

A) Soft palate
B) Tendons and bone
C) Lymph nodes
D) Dermis

Answer 1

Lymph nodes

Question 2

What is the term used to describe the amount of time it takes for newly divided cells to be completely replaced throughout a tissue?

A) Fusion
B) Mitosis
C) Turnover
D) Meiosis

Answer 2

Turnover

Question 3

The main superficial layer of the basement membrane is the _____ and is produced by the epithelium.

A) reticular lamina
B) basal lamina
C) lamina lucida
D) lamina densa

Answer 3

basal lamina

Question 4

The macrophages found in the connective tissue are derived from:

A) neutrophils.
B) monocytes.
C) basophils.
D) mast cells.

Question 5

Which type of blood cell is directly responsible for immunoglobulin production?

A) Neutrophils
B) Basophils
C) Plasma cells
D) Mast cells

Question 6

What is the special term used for the simple squamous epithelium that lines the vessels and serious cavities of the body?

A) Endothelium
B) Reticular
C) Pseudostratified columnar
D) Epidermis

Question 7

Which type of bone tissue has a Haversian system with osteons?

A) Cancellous bone
B) Compact bone
C) Osteoid
D) Immature bone

Question 8

Which of the following tissue types provides nutrition for the underlying compact bone?

A) Cartilage
B) Periosteum
C) Compact bone
D) Cancellous bone

Question 9

Which of the following basic tissue types is usually composed of fewer cells spaced farther apart and containing larger amounts of matrix between the cells?

A) Epithelium
B) Nerve tissue
C) Muscle tissue
D) Connective tissue

Question 10

The extensions of epithelium into connective tissue,as appear on histologic section,are the:

A) connective tissue papillae.
B) squames.
C) basement membrane.
D) rete ridges.

Question 11

The crystalline formation of mature bone consists of mainly of which of the following?

A) Calcium hydroxyapatite
B) Osteoid
C) Osteocytes
D) Canaliculi

Question 12

Which of the following tissue types covers and lines both the external and internal body surfaces?

A) Adipose
B) Connective tissue
C) Cartilage
D) Epithelium

Question 13

Anchoring collagen fibers are found:

A) between the lamina densa and the lamina lucida.
B) between the epithelial cell surface and lamina lucida.
C) in the connective tissue adjacent to the lamina densa.
D) in the epithelium adjacent to the lamina densa.

Question 14

What is the name given to the clot that forms during repair of the epidermis?

A) Cyst
B) Scab
C) Pearl
D) Granulation

Question 15

What is connective tissue directly derived from during prenatal development?

A) Ectoderm
B) Endoderm
C) Neural crest cells
D) Somites of mesoderm

Question 16

By weight,which of the following is considered the most abundant type of basic tissue in body?

A) Nerve tissue
B) Connective tissue
C) Muscle tissue
D) Epithelial tissue

Question 17

Epithelium,unlike connective tissue,is _____,which means that it never has a blood supply of its own.

A) stratified
B) avascular
C) keratinized
D) simple

Question 18

Most epithelium in the body consists of _____,which includes the superficial layer of the skin and oral mucosa.

A) stratified squamous epithelium
B) pseudostratified columnar epithelium
C) simple squamous epithelium
D) endothelium

Question 19

Which of the following structures separates the epithelium from the connective tissue?

A) Submucosa
B) Basement membrane
C) Periosteum
D) Endosteum

Question 20

What is the most common type of collagen protein in the body?

A) Type I
B) Type II
C) Type III
D) Type IV

Question 21

Similar to connective tissue,most muscles are derived during prenatal development from:

A) ectoderm.
B) endoderm.
C) neural crest cells.
D) somites of mesoderm.

Question 22

Which of the following are chemical mediators of the immune response produced by B and T cells?

A) Platelets
B) Immunoglobulins
C) Immunogens
D) Cytokines

Question 23

Which of the following are not skeletal muscles?

A) Muscles of facial expression
B) Tongue muscles
C) Muscles of upper esophagus
D) Linings of blood vessels

Question 24

Which of the following statements concerning the autonomic nervous system is correct?

A) Only one division of the autonomic nervous system usually supplies most organs.
B) The autonomic nervous system includes the sympathetic system and the parasympathetic system.
C) The autonomic nerves are efferent processes, and they are always in one-neuron circuits.
D) The autonomic nervous system operates with conscious control.

Question 25

The nervous system has two main divisions,which include the central nervous system and the _____ nervous system.

A) autonomic
B) peripheral
C) somatic
D) parasympathetic