Exam 4: Tissue: the Living Fabric

Simple cuboidal epithelia are usually found in areas where secretion and absorption occur.

Heart muscle cells would tend to separate without

Figure 4.2Using Figure 4.2, match the following: -The tissue that forms the framework for the lamina propria of mucous membranes is connective tissue.

Select the correct statement regarding tissue repair.

The basic difference between dense irregular and dense regular connective tissues is in the amount of elastic fibers and adipose cells present.

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

Which of the following is true about the mode of secretion of exocrine glands?

Connective tissues that possess a large quantity of collagen fibers often provide the framework for organs such as the spleen and lymph nodes.

What distinguishes cancer cells from the cells of benign neoplasms?

The first step in tissue repair involves .

The shock- absorbing pads between the vertebrae are formed of fibrocartilage.

Which tissue type arises from all three embryonic germ layers?

What tissue has lacunae, calcium salts, and blood vessels?

A major characteristic of fibrocartilage is its unique amount of flexibility and elasticity.

Macrophage- like cells are found in many different tissues, and may have specific names that reflect their location or specializations. What is the one functional characteristic common to all macrophage- like cells?

Without macrophages, wound healing is delayed. Why?

epithelium appears to have two or three layers of cells, but all the cells are in contact with the basement membrane.

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

Figure 4.1Using Figure 4.1, match the following: -Three to six rows of cells covering a tissue in which the cells may be the same shape from the basement membrane to the surfaces would be epithelia.

Aging tends to increase bony spread within the body as chondrocytes die.