Discussion: Tissue Test

Question 1

pseudostratified

Answer 1

single cell layer

pseudo- falsely stratified

Question 2

squamous

Answer 2

shape- square (like a floor tile, flat)

Question 3

simple

Answer 3

single layer of cells

Question 4

columnar

Answer 4

shape- column

Question 5

stratified

Answer 5

2+ layers

Question 6

transitional

Answer 6

lines hollow organs that expand from within

urinary bladder

Question 7

cuboidal

Answer 7

lines tubes of kidney

shape- cube

Question 8

examples of specialized connective tissue

Answer 8

1. blood
2. bone
3. adipose tissue

Question 9

goblet cells are

Answer 9

1. unicellular
2. secrete mucus
3. lubricates GI, resp, & urinary systems

Question 10

cartilage and tendons DON’T

Answer 10

DON’T have a good blood supply

Question 11

columnar epithelium are found in

Answer 11

1. respiratory system

2. urine tubes

Question 12

2 types of bone tissue

Answer 12

1. spongey

2. compact

Question 13

spongy bone contains

Answer 13

trabeculae

has no osteons (look like straws)

Question 14

blood is a connective tissue with a

Answer 14

liquid matrix (the plasma)

Question 15

smooth muscle (3 characteristics)

Answer 15

1. in walls of many internal organs and blood vessels
2. shape- spindle with a central nuclei
3. involuntary & non-striated

Question 16

skeletal muscle (4 characteristics)

Answer 16

1. in muscles that attach to bones
2. long, cylindrical cells
3. striated
4. multi-nucleated

Question 17

cardiac muscle (4 characteristics)

Answer 17

1. only in the heart
2. striated & branching
3. single nucleus
4. joined by intercalated discs

Question 18

3 parts of a nerve cell

Answer 18

1. axon
2. nucleus in cell body
3. dendrite

Question 19

elastic cartilage

Answer 19

ear, nose, vocal cartilage

Question 20

elastic connective tissue

Answer 20

lung tissue, vocal cords, ligament between vertebrae

Question 21

fibrocartilage

Answer 21

strongest type of cartilage

intervertebral discs

Question 22

dense regular connective tissue forms

Answer 22

tendons

Question 23

hyaline cartilage reduces

Answer 23

friction at joints as articular cartilage

Question 24

absorption of damaging light rays is the primary function of

Answer 24

melanin

Question 25

the reproducing cells of the epidermis are found in the

Answer 25

stratum basale

base of the epidermis

Question 26

the most superficial

Answer 26

corneum

Question 27

the epidermis is made up of

Answer 27

surface cells (dead) that are filled with keratin

Question 28

sweat is produced by

Answer 28

sudoriferous glands

hypothalmus- temperature regulation

Question 29

“goosebumps” occur due to the

Answer 29

arrector pilli muscle

Question 30

what is present in thick skin but not in thin skin?

Answer 30

stratum spinosum

Question 31

hair and nails are modifications of the

Answer 31

lower epidermis

Question 32

25-30 layers of dead skin

barrier to light, heat, water, chemicals, bacteria

Answer 32

stratum corneum

Question 33

differences in skin color among the human race are due primarily to the

Answer 33

1. differing amounts of melanin & size of melanin granules
2. exposure to sunlight
3. circulation within dermal blood vessels