Exam 3: Cells and Tissues

The matrix of hyaline cartilage consists of abundant collagen fibers hidden in a rubbery matrix.

Match the following: -Microtubules

Using Figure 3.1, match the following: -The illustration of cardiac muscle tissue is ________.

The tissue that is usually well vascularized and has an extensive extracellular matrix is called ________.

Which type of tissue is most likely to repair itself if injured?

The DNA segment that carries information for building one protein or polypeptide chain is called a(n) ________.

Bone is best described as ________.

Match the following: -Type of tissue that has an apical surface and a basement membrane

Which type of connective tissue is avascular?

Match the following: -Type of tissue that can be simple or stratified

Match the following: -Microvilli

Which of the following is NOT considered a cytoplasmic organelle?

________ tissue is commonly called fat.

Diffusion occurs when molecules move against their concentration gradients.

________, a type of cell junction, anchor adjacent cells together and prevent cells from being pulled apart.

Match the following: -Type of passive process in which molecules move across the plasma membrane down a concentration gradient

The process of transcription ________.

A solution that contains fewer solutes than the cell is ________ to the cell.

The passive process that involves the movement of water through aquaporins is ________.

Translation is the stage of protein synthesis during which a complementary mRNA molecule is synthesized from a DNA template.