Exam 5: Tissues

The vocal cords work via constant movement during sound production, requiring the ability to be resilient and springy, stretching and moving without losing their shape. Knowing this, the vocal cords must be rich in elastin.

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

Histology is the study of

A human embryo develops with a mutation that prevents smooth muscle from developing in the body. Which bodily functions will be most heavily affected by this mutation if it survives to birth?

Which of the following characteristics is used to name tissue types?

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

Cardiac muscle can function without nervous stimulation but skeletal muscle cannot.

Cardiac muscle is found in the wall of the

White blood cells may become macrophages.

Epithelial tissue functions in

A(n)________ gland branches repeatedly before reaching the glandular cells or secretory part.

Cystic fibrosis is a deadly disease that causes mucus secretions in the body to become abnormally thick. The respiratory system struggles to clear out bacteria caught in this mucus because a certain epithelial tissue lining the lungs cannot "sweep" it away, causing frequent infections. This type of epithelium is called ________.

Cells that reside in a specific connective tissue type for an extended period of time are called

You are examining a sample of epithelial tissue. The tissue itself is from an area where the cells form multiple stacked layers. The cells rapidly divide and push older ones away from the basement membrane and up toward the free surface, similarly to skin. This type of epithelial tissue is called stratified squamous epithelium.

Researchers bred a generation of rats that were sterile. When investigating the root of this change, they noticed that the sterility came from the inner tissues of the uterine tubes missing their normal cilia, which guide the egg into the uterus. The tissue that was hindered was simple squamous epithelium.

A researcher genetically modifies an organism so it is paralyzed because its motor neurons can send signals to muscles, but none of the motor neurons can receive signals sent from the brain through other neurons. What is wrong with these motor neurons?

A single layer of flattened epithelium forms a tissue called ________.

Smooth muscle tissue actions are voluntary.

The lubricating secretions of the walls of the thoracic cavity and the outsides of the lungs come from goblet cells. 

The skin is composed of an outer layer of epithelial tissue, the epidermis, and an inner layer of connective tissue, the dermis. Between the lowest layer of the epidermis and the top layer of the dermis lies an anchor layer called the ________.