Exam 2

Question 1

Which of the following correctly matches a membrane to its location?

Answer 1

Serous … makes up the pleura and pericardium

Question 2

Inability to absorb digested nutrients and secrete mucus might indicate a disorder in which tissue?

Answer 2

simple columnar

Question 3

The shape of the external ear is maintained by ____.

Answer 3

elastic cartilage

Question 4

Which statement best describes connective tissue?

Answer 4

usually contains a large amount of matrix

Question 5

____ epithelium appears to have two or three layers of cells, but all the cells are in contact with the basement membrane.

Answer 5

Pseudostratified columnar

Question 6

Which of the following is TRUE about the mode of secretion by exocrine glands?

Answer 6

Secretory cells of merocrine glands are not altered by the secretory process.

Question 7

Matrix is ____.

Answer 7

protein fibers and ground substance

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT connective tissue?

Answer 8

muscle

Question 9

Select the correct statement regarding epithelia.

Answer 9

Stratified epithelia are present where protection from abrasion is important