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Histology

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is Histology?

a)

The study of cells

b)

The study of tissues

c)

The study of organs

d)

The study of organ systems

2.

About how many cells are in the human body?

a)

30-100 billion

b)

30-100 million

c)

30-100 trillion

d)

Either 30 trillion or 100 trillion, the number cannot be anything in between

3.

A cell's structure determines its...

a)

Structure

b)

Fit

c)

Form

d)

Function

4.

All cells can:

a)

Undergo metabolism

b)

Reproduce

c)

Move

d)

Grow

e)

Respond to their environment

5.

What is Interstitial Fluid?

a)

A solution which surrounds cells and contains gases, nutrients, and salts dissolved in water

b)

A substance which surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together

c)

A fancy name for blood

d)

The extracellular matrix of osseous tissue

6.

What is Differentiation?

a)

The process by which cells evolve

b)

The process by which cells divide

c)

A process where cells develop particular structures which enable them to only perform specific functions

d)

A process where cells develop

7.

About how many different TYPES of cells are there in the body?

a)

200

b)

30-100 trillion

c)

30-100 billion

d)

12, but there are subcategories which increases the number to around 65

8.

Cells combine to form...

a)

Sup

erc

ell(s)

b)

Tissues

c)

Organs

d)

Multicellular organisms

9.

How many basic tissue types exist in the body?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

12

d)

6

10.

Epithelial Tissue

a)

Avoids exposed surfaces, retreats from internal passageways and chambers, destroys glands

b)

Covers exposed surfaces, lines internal passageways and chambers, forms glands

c)

Skin

d)

If epithelial tissue appears in too large a quantity, it provides healing abilities akin to those of Wolverine

11.

Connective Tissue

a)

Causes the body to inflate like an airbag in case of impact

b)

Connects stuff

c)

Fills internal spaces, provides support for other tissues, stores energy reserves

d)

Provides support for bones

12.

Muscle Tissue

a)

Contracts and expands to cool the body

b)

Expands to move the body

c)

Contracts to perform specific movements, generates heat in the process

d)

Must be consciously moved

13.

Nervous Tissue

a)

Carries information between parts of the body in the form of electrical impulses

b)

Carries information between the brain and spinal cord

c)

Carries information between muscle groups

d)

Allows for manipulation of electricity

14.

Functions of Epithelial Tissue

a)

Provides a lack of sensation in a watery environment

b)

Provides physical protection, controls permeability, absorption, provides sensations, filtration, produce specialized secretions

c)

Provides physical protection ONLY

d)

Allows water to be absorbed through the skin, negating the need to drink

15.

What is the Apical Edge?

a)

A synonym for the Lunatic Fringe

b)

Attached surface which is present on all cell membranes

c)

Free or unattached surface which is present on all membranes

d)

A pathway to many abilities some consider to be...unnatural

16.

What is the Basement Membrane?

a)

Structure on which the lower surface of Epithelial tissue rests

b)

Where cells live if they can't financially support themselves

c)

Structure on which the upper surface of Epithelial tissue rests

d)

Structure on which the lower surface of Connective tissue rests

17.

What does Avascular mean?

a)

Having no blood supply

b)

Having a little bit of blood supply

c)

Having a fair amount of blood supply

d)

Having an overwhelming excess of blood supply

18.

Endocrine Glands

a)

Release secretions using the force of muscle movements into the bloodstream

b)

Release secretions via glands contained within the body

c)

Release secretions into surrounding interstitial fluid, diffuse directly into blood

d)

Release poisons into surrounding interstitial fluid, diffuse directly into blood

19.

Exocrine Glands

a)

There's a lizard that shoots blood from its eyes

b)

Discharge secretions which form a protective exoskeleton in the event of danger

c)

Discharge secretions exclusively onto internal surfaces

d)

Discharge secretions onto external or internal surfaces

20.

Types of Epithelial Cells

a)

Simple, Stratified, Pseudostratified Ciliated

b)

Squamous, Columnar, Cuboidal

c)

Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

d)

Both A and B

21.

What are the characteristics of Connective Tissue?

a)

Specialized cells inside an extracellular matrix with variations in blood supply

b)

Discharge secretions onto external or internal surfaces

c)

Specialized cells inside an intracellular matrix with variations in lymph supply

d)

Specialized cells inside The Matrix which are indicative of The One

22.

Extracellular Matrix

a)

Does not exist in blood

b)

Made from bone

c)

Made from different types of fibers and proteins, non living material which provides most of the volume of connective tissue

d)

Made from living material, provides a small portion of the volume of connective tissue

23.

Chondrocytes

a)

Bone cells, which are the only living cells within their matrix--this makes healing difficult since blood cannot easily reach the cells

b)

Cartilage cells, which are the only living cells within their matrix

c)

A path to many abilities some consider to be...unnatural

d)

Similar to midichlorians

24.

Plasma

a)

The extracellular matrix of blood

b)

Something which can be donated or sold, though the latter is generally frowned upon

c)

The fourth state of matter

d)

Primary form of weaponry used by The Covenant

25.

Intercalated Discs

a)

Structures in striated (skeletal) muscle which allow for the transmission of intercellular electrical impulses, look like scar lines

b)

Structures in smooth muscle which allow for the transmission of intercellular electrical impulses, look like scar lines

c)

Those things they throw in Tron

d)

Structures in cardiac muscle which allow for the transmission of intercellular electrical impulses, look like scar lines

26.

Irritability

a)

Ability of epithelial cells to perceive changes in the environment

b)

Ability of glial cells to perceive changes in the environment

c)

One of the available stats you can increase in Elden Ring

d)

Ability of nerve cells to perceive changes in the environment

27.

Conductivity

a)

Ability of computers in a network to send and receive messages

b)

Ability of nerve cells to send messages

c)

Ability of nerve cells to conduct electricity

d)

Ability of nerve cells to perceive changes in the environment

28.

Neuroglia

a)

Supporting cells in nervous tissue

b)

A fancy name for neurons

c)

Those things that stabbed Frodo and gave him that wound that almost killed him

d)

Immune cells specific to nervous tissue

29.

Regeneration (Tissue Repair)

a)

The ability to regrow limbs after they have been lost

b)

Restoration of homeostasis after a tissue injury, involves two processes (Inflammation & Regeneration)

c)

A process which humans cannot undergo naturally, must be facilitated by medicine

d)

Wolverine's superpower