Exam 4: Tissue: the Living Fabric

The reason that intervertebral discs exhibit a large amount of tensile strength, which allows them to absorb shock, is because they possess__________ .

Endocrine glands are often called ducted glands.

Healing of a surgical incision through the body wall will tend to increase the amount of areolar tissue.

Glands, such as the thyroid, that secrete their products directly into the blood rather than through ducts are classified as ___________ .

Cartilage tissue tends to heal less rapidly than bone tissue.

All of the following statements refer to events of tissue repair. Put the events in proper numbered order according to the sequence of occurrence. The initial event, the injury, is already indicated as number one. 1. The skin receives a cut that penetrates into the dermis and bleeding begins. 2. Epithelial regeneration is nearly complete. 3. Granulation tissue is formed. 4. Blood clotting occurs and stops the blood flow. 5. The wound retracts. 6. Macrophages engulf and clean away cellular debris. 7. Fibroblasts elaborate connective tissue fibers to span the break.

Intercalated discs and striations are both characteristics of skeletal muscle.

Epithelial cells contain both blood vessels and nerve fibers.

A substance received or given off by your body will likely pass through which tissue type?

Choose which tissue type likely functions to add support to an organ.

Explain why an open wound would need a bed of granulation tissue for wound healing to occur.

Elastic cartilage tissue is found in the walls of the large arteries that leave the heart.

Chondroblasts___________.

A 62-year-old woman was in a car accident and suffered severe brain damage. Will the brain be able to repair the damaged tissue to a functional level? Explain your answer.

How can one tell the difference between stratified squamous epithelium and transitional epithelium?

Which tissue type is formed by many cells joining together, which are multinucleated?

Generally speaking, connective tissues are largely non-living extracellular matrix. Which of the following is an EXCEPTION?

How is epithelial tissue the opposite of connective tissue?

Your instructor gives you an unknown organ for you to examine and identify through microscopy. What should you do first with the sample?

Select the correct statement regarding the stem cells of connective tissue.