Exam 5: Tissues

Cardiac muscle is found in the wall of the __________.

Describe the secretions of apocrine glands.

What tissue has contracticle properties and is made up of elongated cells?

What kind of cells would you expect to see in a tissue that has a mucus coating on the free surface?

Typcially, epithelial tissues do not have blood vessels.

The tissue that forms the outermost layer of the skin is a type of connective tissue.

Mammary glands are a specific example of what type of gland?

What connective tissue cells occupy small chambers called lacunae?

Cells called _____________ are the most common type of cell in connective tissues.

The capillaries within the kidneys allow for filtration. What type of epithelial tissue is best suited in this location?

The ________ of an epithelial layer is exposed to either the outside of the body or internally to an open space.

What is a characteristic of the type of epithelial tissue that lines the urinary bladder and many urinary passageways?

A gland may be composed of a single cell.

What is a function of blood?

Cartilage cells (chondrocytes)occupy small chambers called ____________.

What tissue is responsible for covering body surfaces and lining internal organs?

The primary characteristic of muscle tissues is their ability to ____________.

Bone cells are also called osteocytes.

What is the name of the flask-shaped glandular cells that secrete mucus onto the free surface of tissues?

What type of secretion is released from exocrine glands found within the wall of the digestive tract?