A & P 1SW Exam

Which of the following is not a primary tissue type?

• Embryonic

• Nervous

• Muscle

• Epithelial

The ________ exocrine gland stores its secretion until the glandular cell ruptures, whereas the ________ gland releases its apical region and reforms.

• Eccrine; endocrine

• Holocrine; apocrine

• Apocrine; holocrine

• Eccrine; apocrine

Connective tissue is made of which three essential components?

• Collagen, ground substance, and protein fibers

• Matrix, ground substance, and fluid.

• Cells, ground substance, and protein fibers

• Cells, ground substance, and carbohydrate fibers

Which connective tissue specializes in storage of fat?

• Tendon

• Reticular Tissue

• Dense connective tissue

• Adipose Tissue

Ligaments connect bones together and withstand a lot of stress. What type of connective tissue should you expect ligaments to contain?

• Adipose tissue

• Dense regular connective tissue

• Areolar tissue

• Dense irregular connective tissue

In bone, the main cells are ________.

• Osteocytes

• Lymphocytes

• Fibroblasts

• Chondrocytes

Skeletal muscle cells require a great amount of energy. Which organelles do you expect to find in abundance in skeletal muscle cell?

• Golgi bodies

• Mitochondria

• Striations

• Nuclei

The cells of muscles, myocytes, develop from ________.

• Endoderm

• Myoblasts

• Chondrocytes

• Fibrocytes

The cells responsible for the transmission of the nerve impulse are ________.

• Oligodendrocytes

• Microglia

• Astrocytes

• Neurons

The nerve impulse travels down a(n) ________, away from the cell body.

• Axon

• Microglia

• Dendrite

• Collagen fiber