Chapter 4 Tissues Homework & Quiz

Question 1

Besides oxygen, what other bloodborne material must be provided to the affected tissues in adequate quantities to promote normal wound healing?

Answer 1

Nutrients

Question 2

Diabetics with poor lower limb circulation often have slow-healing pressure ulcers on the bottom of their feet. In speeding up the healing process, surgical removal (debridement) of dead tissue from an ulcerative area would encourage increased __________

Answer 2

Granulation Tissue Formation

Question 3

Which types of cell junctions are needed in a mucosal membrane, such as the digestive tract, to keep the digestive enzymes, juices, and bacteria from leaking out?

Answer 3

Tight Junctions

Question 4

_______ is a type of cartilage with a net of collagen fibers to help resist compression and tension.

Answer 4

Fibrocartilage

Question 5

The mature cells that live in cartilage and maintain the matrix around them are ______

Answer 5

Chondrocyes

Question 6

Any tissues that exist in layers and form linings or coverings fall into the category of ______

Answer 6

stratified epithelia

Question 7

______ is the type of connective tissue that forms a structural net to support other cells.

Answer 7

Reticular Connective Tissue

Question 8

The middle portion of unspecialized mesoderm from which cartilage, bone, and blood develop is called _______

Answer 8

Mesenchyme

Question 9

means made like a net or web

Answer 9

Ret-

Question 10

means layers

Answer 10

Strat-

Question 11

means fiber or fibrous

Answer 11

Fibro-

Question 12

means middle or intermediate

Answer 12

Mes-

Question 13

means cartilage

Answer 13

Chondro-

Question 14

What tissue type has polarity and is avascular?

Answer 14

Epithelium

Question 15

Which of the following is not a manner in which any epithelial tissues or glands are classified?
Which of the following is not a manner in which any epithelial tissues or glands are classified?

location
where secretions are released
shape of the cells
number of cell layers

Answer 15

Location

Question 16

Why are adipose tissue, blood, and bone all considered to be connective tissues?

Answer 16

They have a common origin: the embryonic tissue mesenchyme.

Question 17

Connective tissues are made of different combinations of ground substance and fibers. As you compare slides of connective tissues, which would most likely be the strongest (toughest) type of connective tissue based on the composition of ground substance and fibers?

Answer 17

connective tissues high in collagen fibers

Question 18

Which of the following is a dry membrane exposed to the air?
Which of the following is a dry membrane exposed to the air?

synovial membrane
cutaneous membrane
mucous membrane
serous membrane

Answer 18

Cutaneous

Question 19

Which property is most consistent in all connective tissues?

large amounts of ground substance
avascularity
greater amount of extracellular matrix compared to cellular content
large number of connective fibers

Answer 19

greater amount of extracellular matrix compared to cellular content
large number of connective fibers

Question 20

Which tissues have little to no functional regenerative capacity?

epithelial tissue and areolar connective tissue
cardiac and smooth muscle
cardiac muscle and nervous tissue
nervous tissue and bone

Answer 20

cardiac muscle and nervous tissue

Question 21

Under a microscope you observe a tissue that appears to have long fibers that appear striated. The nuclei are pushed off to the side of the fibers. The tissue looks very vascular. What type of tissue are you observing?

dense irregular connective tissue
dense regular connective tissue
skeletal muscle tissue
osseous tissue

Answer 21

Skeletal Muscle Tissue

Question 22

QuiWhich is the most atypical connective tissue since it neither connects structures nor provides structural support?

Answer 22

Blood