ANATOMY HW TISSUES CH 4 – Flashcards
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Which statement below is NOT a characteristic of epithelia?
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Epithelia are highly vascularized.
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Which type of cell junction is also referred to as an anchoring junction?
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Desmosome
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The lateral surfaces of epithelial cells are characterized by _____.
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Specialized cell junctions
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Which of the following statements describing cilia is false?
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A-Cilia produce a propulsive thrust to create the one-way flow of fluid over an epithelial surface.
B- Cilia contain microtubules.
C- Cilia increase the apical surface area of an epithelial tissue to maximize transport across the surface membrane.
D- At the base of each cilium is a centriole, called a basal body.
ANSWER IS C
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Which category of tissue is characterized by cells that have adhesion proteins and specialized cell-to-cell junctions?
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epithelial
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Cells lining the digestive tube are characteristic of this tissue category.
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epithelial
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Pseudostratified columnar is one of the tissues of this category.
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epithelial
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Which major tissue category includes tissues that function in secretion, absorption, and filtration?
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epithelial
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The major function of stratified squamous epithelium is
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protection from abrasion.
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Simple squamous epithelia would not provide
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protection from abrasion
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What do goblet cells secrete?
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mucin
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of epithelia?
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Vascular
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Which one of the following basic types of tissues functions as a covering tissue for the body?
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epithelial
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The type of cell junction that permits small sugar molecules and ions to pass from the cytoplasm of one cell to that of another is a
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gap junction.
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Of the following, the tissue with the greatest capacity for regeneration is
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epithelium
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Multilayered epithelia are named for the cell shape found in the basal layer.
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false
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Which major category of tissues has the most diverse and most numerous types of tissue?
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connective
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Ligaments are examples of tissues in this category
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connective
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Adipocytes are found in tissues belonging to this category
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connective
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Of the types of lining and covering membranes, the only one that is drier than the others is
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cutaneous
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A type of connective tissue that is not a connective tissue proper is
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cartilage
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In connective tissue proper, ground substance is manufactured and secreted by which type of cell?
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fibroblast
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Connective tissue that must resist forces pulling it from many different directions without stretching would most likely be
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dense irregular connective tissue
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All lining and covering membranes consist of
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epithelium and connective tissue.
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In connective tissue, extracellular matrix is not exactly the same as ground substance, because the matrix also contains
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fibers
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Much of the body's adipose tissue is found in the hypodermis
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true
