Chapter 4: Tissue: The Living Fabric

During the process of tissue repair, which of the following processes produces scar tissue?

• Inflammation

• Clotting

• Regeneration

• Secretion

• Fibrosis

Embryonic ectoderm develops into which of the following major tissue types?

• connective tissue and epithelial tissue

• muscle tissue and epithelial tissue

• epithelial tissue and nervous tissue

• nervous tissue and muscle tissue

• connective tissue and muscle tissue

What type of tissue forms tendons

• dense irregular connective tissue

• adipose

• dense regular connective tissue

• areolar

• elastic cartilage

The basement membrane is located between which of the following tissue types

• muscle and nervous tissues

• nervous and connective tissues

• epithelial and muscle tissues

• epithelial and connective tissues

• connective and muscle tissue

Which of the following types of epithelial tissue lines the interior of blood vessels?

• stratified squamous epithelium

• simple cuboidal epithelium

• simple squamous mesothelium

• transitional epithelium

• simple squamous endothelium
  

Which of the following is a unicellular gland associated with mucus production?

• macrophage

• chondrocyte

• goblet cell

• plasma cell

• fibroblast

Which of the following apical epithelial cell structures function(s) in the movement of materials across the surface of the cell?

• flagellum

• reticular lamina

• keratin

• microvilli

• cilia

Which of the following descriptions best describes a squamous-shaped cell?

• a spherical cell

• a cell that is taller than it is wide

• a cell that possesses the ability to change its shape

• a cell that is as wide as it is tall

• a flattened, scale-like cell

Which of the following correctly characterizes epithelial tissue?

• It exhibits polarity

• It is vascularized

• It lacks innervation

• It has a low rate of regeneration

• It has loosely compacted cells

What are the 4 major tissue types?

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nervous

• Adipose