Exam 5: Tissues

Which of the following is not a characteristic of nervous tissue?

Bone cells (osteocytes) are arranged in concentric circles around longitudinal tubes (centralcanals).

An intercellular junction called a(n) __________ is located between two neighboring cardiac muscle cells.

The epiglottis is a structure that bends over the opening to the trachea (windpipe) every time you swallow, preventing food from entering the lungs. What type of connective tissue forms the epiglottis?

A nerve cell can also be called a(an) __________.

Tendons and ligaments are composed primarly of what tissue type?

What serous membrane forms the inner lining of the abdominal cavity?

What is/are characteristic(s) of the tissue that forms the inner lining of the respiratory passages?

What cells found in nervous tissue function in a supportive role only, supplying growth factors and nutrients to other resident tissue cells?

What tissue type contains cells that are filled with large fat droplets?

What structure(s) would be most affected by a deficiency in collagen?

What serous membrane forms the inner lining of the thorax?

What is the name of the thick fluid secretion produced by specialized cells that line the digestive, respiratory, and reproductive systems?

Stratified squamous epithelium lines the oral cavity.

The intercellular material that separates connective tissue cells is called ___________.

Describe the secretions of holocrine glands.

What is the name of thin, highly branching type of collagen fibers that form a supporting network in organs like the spleen?

A neuron is a type ofneuroglia.

The cell membrane projections that move mucus and captured particles upward and out of the airways are called microvilli.

A nerve and blood vessel are sometimes bundled together by a connective tissue that is cobweb-like in appearance. What type of connective tissue serves this function?