Homework 3 - Crossword

Question 1

Classified as liquid connective tissue:

Answer 1

Blood

Question 2

A method of exocrine secretion in which the apical surface of the cell membrane is pinched off and released with the secretory product

Answer 2

Apocrine

Question 3

An apical cell surface modification that is present on the pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells of the trachea

Answer 3

Cilia

Question 4

The type of membrane that releases watery secretions

Answer 4

serous

Question 5

An epithelial layer that is two or more cells thick

Answer 5

stratified

Question 6

the base of a hair follicle

Answer 6

bulb

Question 7

Classified as dense regular connective tissue

Answer 7

tendon

Question 8

the structural unit of compact bone

Answer 8

osteon

Question 9

the more common name for sudiferous gland

Answer 9

sweat gland

Question 10

the resident cell type fo adult cartilage

Answer 10

chondrocytes

Question 11

does your instructor think that ground substance is a good descriptive name for the complex network of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans that create the aqueous environment in connective tissue?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

An abbreviation for glycosaminoglycan

Answer 12

GAG

Question 13

The major class of proteins that infers strength on connective tissue

Answer 13

collagens

Question 14

the structural unit of living matter

Answer 14

cells

Question 15

the transmembrane glycoproteins that hold adjacent lateral membranes together in adherens junctions and desmosomes

Answer 15

cadherins

Question 16

a specialized form of connective tissue that stores lipid

Answer 16

adipose

Question 17

the epithelial layer of the skin

Answer 17

epidermis

Question 18

common name for mucous secreting exocrine cells found in the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract

Answer 18

goblet cells

Question 19

pigment secreting cells in the basal layer of the epidermis

Answer 19

melanocyte

Question 20

found on the dorsal surfaces of the distal portions of digits

Answer 20

nails

Question 21

a short cell process tha receives input to a neuron

Answer 21

dendrite

Question 22

the type of epithelium found in the bladder

Answer 22

transitional

Question 23

connective tissue that has an extensive collagenous component

Answer 23

dense

Question 24

at least one of these is present in all exocrine glands but not in endocrine glands

Answer 24

ducts

Question 25

the major resident cell-type in connective tissue

Answer 25

fibroblast

Question 26

flattened epithelial cells

Answer 26

squamous

Question 27

there is one big droplet of this in white adipose cells

Answer 27

fat

Question 28

discs found in cardiac muscle

Answer 28

intercalated

Question 29

supporting cells in nervous tissue

Answer 29

neuroglia

Question 30

voluntary muscle

Answer 30

skeletal muscle

Question 31

the outer layer of the epidermis is the stratum _____

Answer 31

corneum

Question 32

removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination

Answer 32

biopsy

Question 33

epithelium that is only one layer thick

Answer 33

simple