Study Guide Questions

Question 1

Hypertrophy

Answer 1

Growth of tissue due to enlargement of its cells, but not the production of new cells

Question 2

Cerumen

Answer 2

Earwax

Question 3

Sweat is expelled by contractions of the _____ cells in the base of the gland

Answer 3

Myoepithelial

Question 4

Acid Mantle

Answer 4

Protective low-pH film on the skin that is created by perspiration

Question 5

Cyanosis

Answer 5

A deficiency of oxygen in the blood can give rise to a skin color called this

Question 6

Follicle

Answer 6

Oblique epithelial tube that each hair grows in

Question 7

Serous Glands

Answer 7

Glands that produce thin, watery secretions

Question 8

All Connective Tissues consist of…

Answer 8

Cells, fibers, and ground substance

Question 9

Basement Membrane

Answer 9

every cell reaches this in simple epithelium

Question 10

Extracellular Material

Answer 10

All the material that occurs outside of the cells

Question 11

Perichondrium

Answer 11

A fibrous connective tissue membrane that covers hyaline cartilage

Question 12

Endocrine Gland

Answer 12

Any gland that has no ducts and secretes its products directly into blood

Question 13

Calculate weight loss by calories burned

Answer 13

3,500 calories to lose 1 pound

Question 13

Keratinized

Answer 13

Epidermis is made of; Dead hardened cells.

Question 14

Merkel cells

Answer 14

Associated with the sense of touch

Question 15

In thin skin _____ is absent

Answer 15

Stratum lucidum

Question 16

All new epidermal cells arise from

Answer 16

The stratum basale

Question 17

Pseudo stratified

Answer 17

Had cilia

Question 18

Atrophy

Answer 18

Decrease in size of a tissue or organ

Question 19

Tissue gel he’s its consistency from its

Answer 19

Glycosaminoglycans

Question 20

Fastest rate of mitosis is seen in

Answer 20

Stratum basale

Question 21

Goblet cells

Answer 21

Single mucus secreting cells found in the epithelial of many mucus membranes

Question 22

A tissue most like the endothelium that lines the blood vessels is

Answer 22

The epithelium that lines esophagus

Question 23

Epithelium that lines stomach and intestines

Answer 23

Simple columnar

Question 24

The gel of the extracellular matrix is composed mostly of water and

Answer 24

Proteoglycans

Question 25

Only type of cell seen in tendon

Answer 25

Fibroblasts

Question 26

Desmosome

Answer 26

Patch where two cells are physically joined

Question 27

Stroma

Answer 27

Connect tissue framework that supports th secretory cells of a gland