Organization of human body

Each of the following is a primary tissue type except one. Identify the exception

• muscle tissue

• nervous tissue

• bone tissue

• connective tissue

• epithelial cells

Epithelial cells that are adapted for absorption or secretion usually have_____ at their free surface

• many mitochondria

• nuclei

• microvilli

• Golgi complexes

• Junctional complexes

Dead skin cells are shed in thick sheets because the strong links are held together by anchoring junctions called

• gap junctions

• intermediate junctions

• tight junctions

• desmosomes

• junctional complexes

The basic shapes of epithelial cells include all but which of the following?

• stratified

• squamous

• cuboidal

• columnar

• All of the above are correct shapes

The type of epithelium that is found lining internal body compartments, blood vessels, and lungs is

• simple squamous

• stratified squamous

• simple cuboidal

• stratified cuboidal

• transitional

A Transitional Epithelium can be found

• lining the urinary bladder

• lining the ducts that drain sweat glands

• lining kidney tubules

• lining the stomach

• at the surface of the skin

Functions of connective tissue include

• establishing a structural framework for the body

• establishing a structural framework for the body

• protecting delicate organs

• storing energy reserves

• all of the above

Cells that store fat are called

• fibroblasts

• macrophages

• adipose cells

• mast cells

• melanocytes

The dominant (strongest) fiber type is dense fibrous connective tissue (Areolar) is

• elastic

• collagen

• actin

• myosin

• cartilage

Chondrocytes are to cartilage as osteocytes are to

• blood

• fat

• epithelium

• bone

• nervous tissue