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Question 1

Where is the basement membrane located?

Answer 1

Below epithelial tissues

Question 2

Where can dense/fibrous tissue be found?

Answer 2

Tendons and ligaments

Question 3

What is a function of simple squamous tissue?

Answer 3

Filtration, diffusion, osmosis

Question 4

What are the four components of blood and what do they do?

Answer 4

Plasma = transports food and waste,
Red blood cells = transport oxygen,
White blood cells = fight infection,
Platelets = clot blood

Question 5

What tissue cushions, insulates, and stores energy?

Answer 5

Adipose tissue

Question 6

What type of cartilage is in your ears?

Answer 6

Elastic

Question 7

What type of cartilage is in your nose?

Answer 7

Hyaline

Question 8

What type of cartilage is in vertebral disks?

Answer 8

Fibrocartilage

Question 9

Which tissue types do NOT get a direct supply of blood?

Answer 9

Cartilage, Epithelial

Question 10

What type of tissue is the skin made of?

Answer 10

Stratified squamous

Question 11

What is osseous tissue?

Answer 11

Bone

Question 12

What are the characteristics of skeletal muscle?

Answer 12

Has striations, many nuclei per cell, voluntary

Question 13

What are the characteristics of cardiac muscle?

Answer 13

Has striations, one nuclei per cell, involuntary, intercalated disks

Question 14

What are the characteristics of smooth muscle?

Answer 14

No striations, one nuclei per cell, involuntary

Question 15

Which tissue type has an abundant, fibrous matrix?

Answer 15

Connective tissue

Question 16

What is a chondrocyte?

Answer 16

Cartilage cell

Question 17

What is an osteocyte?

Answer 17

Bone cell

Question 18

What is a fibroblast?

Answer 18

Fiber making cell

Question 19

Dead skin is _______ized.

Answer 19

keratin

Question 20

The top layer of the skin is the _______.

Answer 20

epidermis

Question 21

The lowest layer of the skin is the _______.

Answer 21

hypodermis or subcutaneous layer

Question 22

What do melanocytes do?

Answer 22

Make melanin to protect lower layers of the skin

Question 23

What is the function of synovial fluid?

Answer 23

Reduces friction in joints

Synovial fluid is a viscous fluid found in the cavities of synovial joints.

Question 24

What is the role of mucus in the body?

Answer 24

Prevents water loss and provides protection

Mucus is secreted by mucous membranes in various body openings.

Question 25

What does cutaneous refer to?

Answer 25

Skin

Question 26

What causes goose bumps?

Answer 26

Arrector pili muscle

Question 27

Why are the cells of the stratum corneum dead? (Name two reasons)

Answer 27

* Far from nutrient source (capillaries) * Have been keratinized

Question 28

What is the difference between Eccrine and Apocrine sweat glands?

Answer 28

* Eccrine: sweat from exercise (more water) * Apocrine: sweat from stress (more oil)

Question 29

What do sebaceous glands produce?

Answer 29

Oil/sebum

Question 30

What is the papillary layer of your skin responsible for?

Answer 30

Fingerprints

Question 31

Where is the stratum basale located and what is its function?

Answer 31

Lowest layer of epidermis, where skin growth occurs

Question 32

What type of tissue lines exocrine glands?

Answer 32

Simple cuboidal epithelial tissue

Question 33

What protein do skin cells produce that waterproofs them?

Answer 33

Keratin

Question 34

Which type of tissue contains fibroblasts?

Answer 34

Connective

Question 35

Where are goblet cells located and what do they produce?

Answer 35

* Simple columnar tissue * Pseudostratified tissue * They make mucus

Question 36

Which types of cells are unlikely to reproduce?

Answer 36

* Muscle * Nervous