Exam 5: Tissues

Which of the following is the most abundant cell type in connective tissue?

This term describes the thin,flattened shape of certain epithelial cells.

Cartilage tissues are likely to be slow in healing following an injury because

This thick fluid secretion is produced by cells line the digestive,respiratory and reproductive systems.

Cells found in this connective tissue occupy small chambers called lacunae.

Which cell is specialized for phagocytosis and works to clear foreign particles from tissues?

Epithelium is anchored to adjacent tissues by this thin,nonliving layer.

What membranes line body cavities that lack openings to the outside of the body?

What serous membrane forms the inner lining of the thorax?

A neuron is a type of neuroglia.

Bone cells (osteocytes)are arranged in concentric circles around longitudinal tubes (central canals).

Membranes lining body cavities that lack openings to the outside are called

The band located where two cardiac muscle cells join is called a(an)______________.

What type of muscle tissue enables us to make facial expressions and move the bones?

What type of connective tissue is found around the kidneys,behind the eyeballs,and in between skin and underlying organs?

These are thin,highly branching type of collagen fibers that form a supporting network in organs like the spleen.

Cartilage cells (chondrocytes)occupy small chambers called ____________.

Of the four major types of membranes,the one consisting of fibrous connective tissue overlying loose connective tissue is a

The type of epithelium that lines the urinary bladder and many urinary passageways is

The muscle tissue that can be consciously controlled is