Exam 5: Tissues

What tissue type is found in the walls of hollow organs like the stomach and is under involuntary control?

What serous membrane covers the organs of the abdomen?

What cells respond by conducting electrical impulses along cellular processes?

Smooth muscle is found in the wall of the __________.

The esophagus carries food from the mouth to the stomach. The inner lining is under constant friction as food passes through. What type of epithelial tissue would be best to protect the esophagus?

Lacrimal glands release a watery solution, called tears, over the eye. What type of gland are lacrimal glands?

What connective tissue has no direct blood supply and is enclosed by a perichondrium?

Muscle tissue conducts nerve impulses from one neuron to another and coordinates body activities.

What connective tissue functions to store fat?

Blood is not a connective tissue because it wanders around the body and is never in a fixed location.

Describe the secretions of merocrine glands.

What type of secretion is typically watery and has a high enzyme content?

What tissue type provides support, fills spaces, and stores fat?

What type of epithelium would be best suited for high rates of diffusion and filtration?

Permanent wrinkling of skin is usually due to changes caused by excessive exposure to __________.

Blood is composed of formed elements suspended in a fluid extracellular matrix called ________.

Arrector pili are muscles within the skin that cause fine hair to stand on end, as would occur with goose bumps. Arrector pili muscles are composed of __________ muscle tissue.

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

What membrane is more commonly called the skin?

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