Histology: The Study of Tissues

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Epithelium Connective Muscle

and

Nervous

Glands

and

Membranes

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Epithelium:

$100 Question

These are properties of epithelium:

a. consists of few cells and lots of matrix

b. covers body surfaces and lines

cavities

c. its basement membrane anchors it to

deeper tissues

d. all of these

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Epithelium:

$100 Answer

These are properties of epithelium:

a. consists of few cells and lots of matrix

b. covers body surfaces and lines

cavities

c. its basement membrane anchors it to

deeper tissues

d. all of these

e. b and c only BACK TO GAME

Epithelium:

$200 Question

This tissue only has one layer of cells:

a. pseudostratified epithelium

b. simple epithelium

c. stratified epithelium

d. hyaline cartilage

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Epithelium:

$200 Answer

This tissue only has one layer of cells:

a. pseudostratified epithelium

b. simple epithelium

c. stratified epithelium

d. hyaline cartilage

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Epithelium:

$300 Question

These cells function to filter and to allow

substances to diffuse through them:

a. cuboidal cells

b. squamous cells

c. columnar cells

d. ciliated cells

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Epithelium:

$300 Answer

These cells function to filter and to allow

substances to diffuse through them:

a. cuboidal cells

b. squamous cells

c. columnar cells

d. ciliated cells

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Epithelium:

$400 Question

This tissue, which makes up the skin,

serves as a barrier to infection, protection

against abrasion and water loss:

a. transitional epithelium

b. stratified squamous epithelium

c. stratified columnar epithelium

d. simple squamous epithelium BACK TO GAME

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Epithelium:

$400 Answer

This tissue, which makes up the skin,

serves as a barrier to infection, protection

against abrasion and water loss:

a. transitional epithelium

b. stratified squamous epithelium

c. stratified columnar epithelium

d. simple squamous epithelium BACK TO GAME

Epithelium:

$500 Question

Too much tanning (in the sun or tanning

beds) can lead to wrinkles and cause the

skin to become stiff and leathery because

the UV radiation may damage the ______

fibers in the skins underlying connective

tissue.

a. elastic b. collagen

c. reticular d. mucous

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Epithelium:

$500 Answer

Too much tanning (in the sun or tanning

beds) can lead to wrinkles and cause

the skin to become stiff and leathery

because the UV radiation may damage

the ______ fibers in the skins underlying

connective tissue.

a. elastic b. collagen

c. reticular d. mucous

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Connective:

$100 Question

The distinguishing characteristic of

connective tissue is that it consists of cells

separated by abundant extracellular

matrix.

True/False

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Connective:

$100 Answer

The distinguishing characteristic of

connective tissue is that it consists of cells

separated by abundant extracellular

matrix.

True/False

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Connective:

$200 Question

These specialized cells, which found in

many connective tissue types, contain

large amounts of lipid:

a. osteoblast

b. fibrocyte

c. adipocyte

d. chrondroblast

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Connective:

$200 Answer

These specialized cells, which found in

many connective tissue types, contain

large amounts of lipid:

a. osteoblast

b. fibrocyte

c. adipocyte

d. chrondroblast

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Connective:

$300 Question

Cartilage tissues are likely to be slow healing

following injury because

a. cartilage cells cannot reproduce

b. the intercellular space is filled w/ collagen

c. the lack direct blood supply

d. cartilage cells are surrounded by fluid

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Connective:

$300 Answer

Cartilage tissues are likely to be slow

healing following injury because

a. cartilage cells cannot reproduce

b. the intercellular space is filled w/

collagen

c. the lack direct blood supply

d. cartilage cells are surrounded by fluid

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Connective:

$400 Question

This kind of connective tissue consists of

parallel bundles of collagen fibers which

resist stretching and provide considerable

strength:

a. dense regular collagenous

b. dense regular elastic

c. dense irregular collagenous

d. dense irregular elastic BACK TO GAME

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Connective:

$400 Answer

This kind of connective tissue consists of

parallel bundles of collagen fibers which

resist stretching and provide considerable

strength:

a. dense regular collagenous

b. dense regular elastic

c. dense irregular collagenous

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Connective:

$500 Question

This tissue is found in the external ears,

epiglottis, and auditory tubes:

a. fibrocartilage

b. hyaline cartilage

c. loose connective tissue

d. elastic cartilage

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Connective:

$500 Answer

This tissue is found in the external ears,

epiglottis, and auditory tubes:

a. fibrocartilage

b. hyaline cartilage

c. loose connective tissue

d. elastic cartilage

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Muscle and Nervous:

$100 Question

This kind of muscle tissue is under

involuntary control:

a. smooth

b. skeletal

c. cardiac

d. a and c

e. c only

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Muscle and Nervous:

$100 Answer

This kind of muscle tissue is under

involuntary control:

a. smooth

b. skeletal

c. cardiac

d. a and c

e. c only

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Muscle and Nervous:

$200 Question

This tissue has striated cells that are long

and multinucleated:

a. skeletal

b. smooth

c. nervous tissue

d. cardiac

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Muscle and Nervous:

$200 Answer

This tissue has striated cells that are long

and multinucleated:

a. skeletal

b. smooth

c. nervous tissue

d. cardiac

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Muscle and Nervous:

$300 Question

Embryonic stem cells growing in a lab dish are

bathed in a "cocktail" of chemicals that cause

them to specialize into branching networks of

single-nucleated cells that pulsate in unison.

This tissue is most likely

A. smooth muscle.

B. skeletal muscle.

C. cardiac muscle.

D. epithelial tissue.

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Muscle and Nervous:

$300 Answer

Embryonic stem cells growing in a lab dish

are bathed in a "cocktail" of chemicals that

cause them to specialize into branching

networks of single-nucleated cells that

pulsate in unison. This tissue is most

likely

A. smooth muscle.

B. skeletal muscle.

C. cardiac muscle.

D. epithelial tissue.

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Muscle and Nervous:

$400 Question

Which of the following is not a characteristic

of nervous tissue?

a. found in the brain, spinal cord & nerves

b. contains highly specialized cells

c. intercellular space filled with collagen

d. functional cells are sensitive

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Muscle and Nervous:

$400 Answer

Which of the following is not a characteristic

of nervous tissue?

a. found in the brain, spinal cord & nerves

b. contains highly specialized cells

c. intercellular space filled with collagen

d. functional cells are sensitive

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Muscle and Nervous:

$500 Question

These specialized cells support the

nervous system by nourishing, protecting

and insulating the neurons:

a. adiopocytes

b. fibroblasts

c. interstitial cells

d. neuroglia BACK TO GAME

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Muscle and Nervous:

$500 Answer

These specialized cells support the

nervous system by nourishing, protecting

and insulating the neurons:

a. adiopocytes

b. fibroblasts

c. interstitial cells

d. neuroglia BACK TO GAME

Glands and Membranes:

$100 Question

This major tissue type forms a gland:

a. connective

b. epithelium

c. muscle

d. nervous

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Glands and Membranes:

$100 Answer

This major tissue type forms a gland:

a. connective

b. epithelium

c. muscle

d. nervous

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Glands and Membranes:

$200 Question

These glands, which have no ducts,

secrete hormones directly into the

bloodstream:

a. endocrine

b. exocrine

c. merocrine (eccrine)

d. apocrine BACK TO GAME

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Glands and Membranes:

$200 Answer

These glands, which have no ducts,

secrete hormones directly into the

bloodstream:

a. endocrine

b. exocrine

c. merocrine (eccrine)

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Glands and Membranes:

$300 Question

Sebaceous glands are an example of this

kind of gland in which the entire cell

becomes part of its secretion:

a. endocrine

b. holocrine

c. aprocrine

d. merocrine (eccrine) BACK TO GAME

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Glands and Membranes:

$300 Answer

Sebaceous glands are an example of this

kind of gland in which the entire cell

becomes part of its secretion:

a. endocrine

b. holocrine

c. aprocrine

d. merocrine (eccrine)

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Glands and Membranes:

$400 Question

This membrane is made of simple

squamous epithelium and is found lining

the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal

cavities:

a. mucous

b. synovial

c. serous

d. basement BACK TO GAME

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Glands and Membranes:

$400 Answer

This membrane is made of simple

squamous epithelium and is found lining

the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal

cavities:

a. mucous

b. synovial

c. serous

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Glands and Membranes:

$500 Question

Mucous membranes line cavities and canals that open to the outside of the body and would not be found in this location:

b. stomach

c. trachea

d. colon

e. pericardial sac

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Glands and Membranes:

$500 Answer

Mucous membranes line cavities and canals that open to the outside of the body and would not be found in this location:

b. stomach

c. trachea

d. colon

e. pericardial sac

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$100 Question

The microscopic study of tissues:

a. pathology

b. histology

c. physiology

d. anatomy

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The microscopic study of tissues:

a. pathology

b. histology

c. physiology

d. anatomy

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$200 Question

These protein fibers can stretch and recoil

to their original shape:

a. collagen

b. keratin

c. elastic

d. reticular

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$200 Answer

These protein fibers can stretch and recoil

to their original shape:

a. collagen

b. keratin

c. elastic

d. reticular

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$300 Question

These extensions of the cell membrane

greatly increase the cell’s surface area:

a. arrector pili

b. desmosomes

c. cilia

d. microvilli

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$300 Answer

These extensions of the cell membrane

greatly increase the cell’s surface area:

a. arrector pili

b. desmosomes

c. cilia

d. microvilli

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$400 Question

17. Which type of muscle cells found in

blood vessels

a. cardiac

b. striated

c. smooth

d. skeletal

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17. Which type of muscle cells found in

blood vessels

a. cardiac

b. striated

c. smooth

d. skeletal

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$500 Question

The band that occurs where two cardiac

muscle cells join together is a(n) _ disk

a. intervertebral

b. intercalated

c. compressed

d. ruptured

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$500 Answer

The band that occurs where two

cardiac muscle cells join together is

a(n) _ disk

a. intervertebral

b. intercalated

c. compressed

d. ruptured

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FINAL ROUND Question

Inflammatory reactions usually occur in

the ______ tissue

a. epithelium

b. connective

c. muscle

d. nervous

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FINAL ROUND Answer

Inflammatory reactions usually occur in

the ______ tissue

a. epithelium

b. connective

c. muscle

d. nervous

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