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Tissues: Epithelium and Connective

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Connective tissue is
a)
Tissue that protects, supports, and binds together other body tissue
b)
Tissue that is the lining, covering, and glandular tissue of the body
c)
Tissue that contracts and shortens to produce movement
d)
Tissue that sends and receives messages to control the body 
2.
The connective tissue has an extra cellular matrix.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue?
a)
Bone
b)
Cartilage
c)
Skin
d)
Blood
4.
The matrix of our blood would be described as a:
a)
Soild
b)
Gel 
c)
Liquid
d)
Vascular 
5.
The matrix of dense connective tissue has what fibers as its main matrix component?
a)
Elastic
b)
Reticular 
c)
Collagen
d)
Cotton 
6.
From most rigid to softest; these three connective tissues should be ordered
a)
bone, blood, cartilage
b)
blood, loose tissue, bone
c)
bone, cartilage, blood
d)
bone, blood, dense tissue
7.
Connective tissue fibers include
a)
proteoglycans, adhesion proteins and interstitial
b)
collagen, elastic and reticular
c)
osteoblasts, fibroblasts and hemoblasts
d)
simple squamous
8.
What tissue is this
a)
Bone
b)
Cartilage
c)
Blood
d)
Adipose
9.
Name this tissue
a)
Bone
b)
Cartilage
c)
Blood
d)
Adipose
10.
This type of connective tissue forms strong rope like structures such as tendons and ligaments.
a)
Loose connective
b)
Dense connective
c)
Cartilage 
d)
Bone
11.
This type of cartilage forms a cushion like disk between the vertebrae.
a)
Fibrocartilage
b)
Elastic cartilage
c)
Hyaline cartilage
d)
Simple Squamous
12.
Which of the following is a type of cartilage?
a)
Hyaline cartilage 
b)
Fibrocartilage
c)
Elastic cartilage 
d)
All of the above
13.
Most connective tissue is well vascularized. What does that mean?
a)
Poor blood supply
b)
Good blood supply
c)
Surrounded by fat
d)
Lacking fatty tissue
14.
Name the tissue type
a)
Cardiac Muscle
b)
Simple squamous epithelium
c)
Simple cuboidal epithelium
d)
Adipose
15.
Which type of tissue includes cells attached to a basement membrane?
a)
Connective
b)
Muscle
c)
Epithelial
d)
Nervous
16.
Attach muscles to bones
a)
Tendons
b)
Ligaments
c)
Stratified Squamous
d)
Stratified Columnar
17.
This type of cartilage is highly resistant to wear and found at the ends of bones?
a)
Hyaline
b)
Fibrocartilage
c)
Elastic 
d)
Adipose
18.
Relating to "bones"
a)
Chrondro-
b)
Fibro-
c)
Hemo-
d)
Osseous
19.
Which of the following is a function of epithelial tissue?
a)
Protection
b)
Absorption
c)
Secretion
d)
All the the above
20.
This type of epithelium has only one layer of cells
a)
Stratified epithelium
b)
Simple epithelium
21.
Epithelium with more than one layer of cells
a)
Stratified epithelium
b)
Simple epithelium
22.
Flattened cells
a)
Squamous
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Columnar
23.
Cube shaped cells
a)
Squamous
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Columnar
24.
Name the tissue
a)
Stratified squamous
b)
Simple squamous
c)
Stratified cuboidal
d)
Simple cuboidal
25.
Name the tissue
a)
Simple squamous
b)
Simple columnar
c)
Simple cuboidal
d)
Pseudo stratified columnar
26.
These structures aid with movement along the epithelial surface.
a)
flagella
b)
microvilli
c)
cilia
27.
Goblet cells secrete 
a)
oil
b)
sweat
c)
mucus
d)
acid
28.
This is the general name for any tissue that covers body surfaces, lines body cavities, and forms glands
a)
Connective Tissue
b)
Epithelial Tissue
c)
Muscular Tissue
d)
Nervous Tissue
29.
Lines ducts and glands
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Transitional
30.
Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Squamous
d)
Nephrons
31.
Used in places where diffusion needs to occur, such as blood vessels and air sacs in the lungs
a)
Stratified Cuboidal
b)
Stratified Columnar
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Stratified Squamous
32.
This type of epithelium changes shape
a)
squamous
b)
cuboidal
c)
columnar
d)
transitional
33.
Which type of epithelium would you expect to provide the most protection?
a)
simple squamous
b)
stratified squamous
c)
simple cuboidal
d)
pseudostratifed
34.
Identify:
a)
Areolar
b)
Smooth Muscle
c)
Transitional
d)
Simple Squamous
35.
This region of epithelium is exposed to an internal cavity or external surface.
a)
apical
b)
basal
c)
basement
d)
connective
36.
These features add surface area to an epithelial surface
a)
desmosomes
b)
flagella
c)
cilia
d)
microvilli
37.
Which type of cellular junction forms a "seal" that won't leak between cells?
a)
Tight junctions
b)
Desmosomes
c)
Gap Junctions
38.
This junction allows communication between two cells with adjoining plasma membrane channels.
a)
Desmosomes
b)
Tight Junctions
c)
Gap Junctions
d)
Plasmodesmata
39.
This junction are anchoring junctions that use protein filaments to buttonlike thickenings of adjacent membranes. 
a)
Desmosomes
b)
Tight Junctions
c)
Gap Junctions
d)
Plasmodesmata