Quiz 5 - Ch.4

Question 1

___ is a group of structurally and functionally related cells and their external environment that together perform common functions.

Answer 1

A tissue

Question 2

(T/F) Cells are made up of two or more tissue types working together.

Answer 2

false

Question 3

What are the two basic components of all tissues?

Answer 3

cells and extracellular matrix

Question 4

What cell junctions link two adjacent cells through small pores in adjacent plasma membranes?

Answer 4

gap junctions

Question 5

Which tissue’s main functions are to protect, provide immune defense, secretion, transport into other tissues and provide sensation?

Answer 5

epithelial tissue

Question 6

What structure provides a barrier that can slow the spread of carcinomas?

Answer 6

basement membrane

Question 7

(T/F) Simple epithelia are effective barriers and found in areas subject to high mechanical stress?

Answer 7

false

Question 8

Which type of exocrine secretion packages their products into secretory vesicles for release by exocytosis?

Answer 8

merocrine

Question 9

During ___, fibroblasts divide by mitosis and produce collagen to fill in the defect left by an injury.

Answer 9

fibrosis

Question 10

(T/F) Synovial membranes line the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal body cavities.

Answer 10

false