Exam 4: Tissue: the Living Fabric

Explain why an infection may occur in a tissue injury.

Macrophages are found in areolar and lymphatic tissues.

Blood is considered a type of connective tissue.

Endocrine glands are often called ducted glands.

Aunt Jessie woke up one morning with excruciating pain in her chest. She had trouble breathing for several weeks. Following a visit to the doctor, she was told she had pleurisy. What is this condition and what did it affect?

A many- layered epithelium with cuboidal basal cells and flat cells at its surface would be classified as .

Nervous tissue consists mainly of neurons and collagen fibers.

The simple columnar epithelium that form absorptive cells of the digestive tract have which characteristic?

Figure 4.1Using Figure 4.1, match the following: -Supports and protects; stores calcium.

Figure 4.1Using Figure 4.1, match the following: -Provides tensile strength with the ability to absorb compressive shock.

Cartilage tissue tends to heal less rapidly than bone tissue.

Functions of connective tissues include binding, support, insulation, and protection.

Which of the following is not a step in tissue repair?

Merocrine glands produce their secretions by accumulating their secretions internally until the cell ruptures.

Which of the following is a single- celled layer of epithelium that forms the lining of serous membranes?

How is hyaline cartilage different from elastic or fibrocartilage?

Which is true concerning muscle tissue?

Kidney tubules are composed of epithelium.

Figure 4.1Using Figure 4.1, match the following: -Forms tendons and ligaments.

Connective tissue matrix is composed of .