Exam 4: Tissues

List at least three functions of epithelial tissue.

Match the general tissue type with its corresponding description. -exists in more varied forms than any of the other tissue types

Connective tissue covers the body and many of its parts.

Intercalated disks are found in striated (skeletal muscle)tissue.

Match the type of connective tissue with its corresponding definition. -consists of delicate webs of fibers and a variety of cells

You examine an epithelial tissue specimen,and it has multiple layers of thin,irregularly shaped cells.What type of tissue is this?

Match each term with its corresponding definition. -cell process that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body

How do exocrine glands secrete their products?

Cells of which tissue have the ability to shorten?

Select the type of connective tissue that has a fluid matrix.

What type of tissue is pseudostratified tissue?

Which tissue is subdivided according to the shape and the arrangement of cells?

One type of cell that makes up nerve tissue is a glia cell.

Diana is 5 feet,4 inches tall and weighs 125 pounds.She appears very healthy and fit,yet her doctor advised her that she is over-fat.What might be the explanation for this assessment?

Discuss the microscopic structure of bone tissue.

Match each category of epithelial cells with its corresponding definition. -single layer of cube-shaped cells

It would be expected that squamous epithelial tissue would have a flat and scalelike appearance.

Transitional epithelium is unique in that it is composed of differing cell shapes in a stratified,or layered,epithelial sheet.

Hematopoietic tissue is a connective tissue responsible for blood cell formation.

Glands are usually made up of which tissue?