Anatomy: Tissue Quiz

Which of these is NOT one of the four basic tissue types?

• glandular
• connective
• muscle
• nervous

Epithelial cells that appear cubelike when an organ is relaxed and flattened when the organ is distended by fluid are classified as   

• simple columnar epithelium.
• pseudostratified epithelium.
• pseudostratified epithelium.
• transitional epithelium.

Which of these comparisons between smooth muscle and skeletal muscle is NOT correct?

• Smooth muscle cells are tapered at each end; skeletal muscle cells are long and cylindrical.
• Smooth muscle cells are under voluntary control; skeletal muscle is involuntary.
• Smooth muscle forms the walls of hollow organs; skeletal muscle attaches to the skeleton.
• Smooth muscle cells have no striations; skeletal muscle cells have striations.

You would normally expect to find ____________________ in the urinary bladder.

• simple squamous epithelium
• simple cuboidal epithelium
• transitional epithelium
• simple columnar epithelium

The connective tissue that makes up the external ear is

• dense collagenous connective tissue
• hyaline cartilage
• fibrocartilage
• elastic cartilage  
  

The connective tissue that composes tendons and ligaments is ________________.

• dense collagenous connective tissue
• hyaline cartilage
• fibrocartilage
• elastic cartilage  
  

_ _____________ are striated muscle cells.

• Skeletal muscle cells
• Cardiac muscle cells
• Smooth muscle cells
• Both skeletal and cardiac muscle cells

The part of the nerve cell in which the nucleus is located is the

• dendrites
• cell body
• axon
• neuroglia

____________ are nerve cell process that receive signals and conducts them toward the nerve cell body.

• dendrites
• cell body
• axon
• neuroglia

A is pointing to the ________

• dendrites
• cell body
• nucleus
• axon