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Tissue and Cell Types

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

Notice the cube shaped cells lining a tubule. Name this tissue.

a)

simple cuboidal

b)

simple squamous

c)

simple columnar

d)

simple squamous

2.

Notice the dark purple line securing the cuboidal cells to connective tissue. What is this called?

a)

basement membrane

b)

lumen

c)

cell membrane

d)

nuclear membrane

3.

In this tissue there is no space between the cells. The cells have a central nucleus. Name the tissue.

a)

bone

b)

blood

c)

adipose

d)

simple squamous

4.

This tissue is a single row of elongated cells. Name the tissue.

a)

psedostratified columnar

b)

simple columnar

c)

transitional

d)

dense connective

5.

This is a specialized cell found within columnar tissues. Name the cell.

a)

goblet cell

b)

adipocyte

c)

fibroblast

d)

macrophage

6.

This specialized cell is found within columnar tissues. What is this specialized cell secreting?

a)

mucus

b)

enzymes

c)

waste products

d)

blood

7.

Here you can see plenty of un-stained goblet cells within rows of elongated cells. Name the tissue

a)

simple cuboidal

b)

simple columnar

c)

stratified squamous

d)

smooth muscle

8.

On the superior surface of this tissue, long hair-like fibers can be seen. What are these fibers?

a)

cilia

b)

microvilli

c)

myofibrils

d)

elastic fibers

9.

The cells in this tissue have nuclei at different levels which make it appeared layered. name the tissue.

a)

stratified columnar

b)

simple columnar

c)

pseudostratified columnar

d)

transitional

10.

Notice the many layers of plump cells. This tissue is found in the bladder. If the bladder were full, these cells would be stretched thin. Name the tissue.

a)

transitional epithelial

b)

stratified squamous

c)

stratified cuboidal

d)

adipose

11.

Notice the many layers of this tissue. In the lower layers the cells are more rounded and as the layers move to the outer edge they flatten. Found in the skin and esophagus. Name the tissue

a)

simple squamous

b)

stratified squamous

c)

transitional

d)

hyaline cartilage

12.

Notice the cells called fibroblasts in this tissue. The extracellular matrix is composed of loosely arranged collagenous and elastic fibers. Name the tissue

a)

loose connective

b)

dense connective

c)

adipose

d)

bone

13.

In this loose connective tissue, the thick pink lines are collagenous fibers while the dark thin lines are ___________

a)

elastic fibers

b)

striations

c)

fibroblasts

d)

muscle fibers

14.

This image shows 2 chondrocytes (cartilage cells) filling a space called the lacuna. There are no elastic fibers in seen in the matrix. Name the tissue.

a)

elastic cartilage

b)

hyaline cartilage

c)

bone

d)

blood

15.

Name the cell type in this image.

a)

osteocyte

b)

fibroblast

c)

chondrocyte

d)

adipocyte

16.

This tissue is elastic cartilage and has cells lying in spaces called lacunae. Note the dark elastic fibers in the matrix. Note the cells (chondrocytes) in the lacunae. Name this tissue.

a)

elastic cartilage

b)

hyaline cartilage

c)

bone

d)

simple columnar

17.

Name this tissue. Note the dark stained fibers in the matrix.

a)

elastic cartilage

b)

loose connective

c)

hyaline cartilage

d)

dense connective

18.

This tissue is unmistakable with its ring-like pattern around a central canal. Name this tissue.

a)

bone

b)

nervous

c)

adipose

d)

cartilage

19.

Bone is composed of these units called osteons. The dark circle in the center of the osteon is the _________________, which carries blood through this tissue.

a)

central canal

b)

osteoctye

c)

lacunnae

d)

canaliculi

20.

Each osteon in bone tissue has a central canal surrounded by ring-like layers of hard matrix called___________________.

a)

lamella

b)

canaliculi

c)

lacunae

21.

How many complete osteons do you see in the image of bone tissue?

a)

one

b)

two

c)

too many to count

d)

about 20

22.

In this image of bone tissue you can see 2 osteons, one is labeled. Cells called osteocytes lie within spaces called lacunae surrounded by a hard matrix. Because they are permanently fixed in the bony matrix, nutrients must be brought to each cell through tiny canals called_________

a)

lamella

b)

canalaculi

c)

osteons

23.

This is a high power image of bone tissue. The multiple dark, oval spots you see are _________________ containing _______________.

a)

lamella containing calcium

b)

lacunae containing osteocytes

c)

osteons containing central canals

24.

Name this tissue

a)

Adipose

b)

simple squamous

c)

hyaline cartilage

d)

blood

25.

In this image of adipose tissue, the dark, stained nuclei are pushed to the outer edge of the cells. What are these cells filled with that crowd out the nuclei?

a)

water

b)

blood

c)

fat

d)

calcium

26.

Can you identify more than one tissue here?

a)

2 is cartilage; 3 is adipose

b)

2 is adipose; 3 is bone

c)

2 is bone; 3 is blood

27.

Name this tissue

a)

adipose

b)

hyaline cartilage

c)

simple cuboidal

d)

loose connective

28.

This tissue has collagenous fiber so densely packed that they squish the fibroblasts (cells) giving them a dashed line appearance. Name this tissue.

a)

loose connective

b)

dense connective

c)

smooth muscle

d)

elastic cartilage

29.

Name this tissue

a)

blood

b)

bone

c)

adipose

d)

simple squamous

30.

In this close up of blood tissue, you can see three dark, stained ___________________.

a)

red blood cells

b)

white blood cells

c)

platelets

31.

In this image of blood, you can see two stained white blood cells, many round red blood cells and tiny stained particles called ___________________.

a)

platelets

b)

plasma

c)

oxygen molecules

d)

waste substances

32.

In this image, simple cuboidal is lining a kidney tubule. The inside of the tube is known as ________________

a)

a luman

b)

a basement membrane

c)

cytoplasm

d)

extracellular matrix

33.

This image compares normal blood to leukemia blood. The blood with leukemia has many more_____________________.

a)

red blood cells

b)

white blood cells

c)

platelets

34.

Normal blood or leukemia?

a)

Normal

b)

leukemia

35.

The horizontal lines in this skeletal muscle tissue are called ______________

a)

striations

b)

fibroblasts

c)

collagenous fibers

d)

muscle fibers

36.

This tissue is striated and branched. Name the tissue.

a)

cardiac muscle

b)

skeletal muscle

c)

dense connective

d)

loose connective

37.

The dark, vertical lines in this cardiac tissue are called___________

a)

striations

b)

intercalated discs

c)

intervertebral discs

d)

sarcomeres

38.

This muscle tissue has oval shaped nuclei and no striations. Name the tissue.

a)

smooth muscle

b)

cardiac muscle

c)

skeletal muscle

d)

dense connective

39.

The small Neuroglial cells help support the neuron. They do not conduct impulses. Name this tissue.

a)

nervous

b)

muscle

c)

loose connective

d)

blood

40.

Name the large cell

a)

neuron

b)

neuroglial cell

c)

fibroblast

d)

macrophage