Exam 5: Tissues

Merocrine glands and apocrine glands are examples of endocrine glands.

Muscle tissue conducts nerve impulses from one neuron to another and coordinates body activities.

The tissue through which gases are exchanged between the blood and the air in the lungs is

A single layer of flattened epithelium would constitute the tissue called _____________.

These are flask-shaped glandular cells that secrete mucus onto the free surface of tissues.

Bone cells are also called osteocytes.

What tissue has cells that are filled with large fat droplets that push the nuclei close to the cell membrane?

Which of the following cell types are least likely to reproduce?

What membranes line body cavities and tubes that open to the outside of the body?

Which rigid connective tissue has no direct blood supply and is enclosed by a perichondrium?

Which of the following is NOT true concerning simple columnar epithelium?

What cells respond by conducting electrical impulses along cellular processes?

Permanent wrinkling of skin is usually due to changes caused by excessive exposure to

The brain and spinal cord are composed of this tissue type.

Which choice below best describes secretions of apocrine glands?

Cardiac muscle is found in the wall of the

Tendons and ligaments are composed primarily of this tissue type.

What serous membrane covers the organs of the abdomen?

Stratified squamous epithelium lines the oral cavity.

Blood is composed of red blood cells,white blood cells and platelets that are suspended in a fluid extracellular matrix called plasma.