ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What are most exocrine glands in the human body classified as? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Merocrine
What cells types are likely to be found in areolar CT - CORRECT ANSWER - Fibroblasts
Macrophages
Mast cells
What is found in the bone but not in the matrix of cartilage - CORRECT ANSWER - Blood vessels
What is the shape of the external ear maintained by? - CORRECT ANSWER - elastic cartilage
What is the embryonic CT from which all other CT arise - CORRECT ANSWER - Mesenchyme
Which fiber types gives CT great tensile strength? - CORRECT ANSWER - Collagen
What are connexons? - CORRECT ANSWER - proteins that form channels of gap junsctions
Describe the structural organization of the body - CORRECT ANSWER - Atom: smallest
particle of an element with all of the properties of that element - what are the different parts of an atom??
Electron, proton, and neutron
Molecule: the smallest amount of a substance that can exist alone = a combination of atoms
Organelle: molecules associate in specific ways to form organelles = basic components of living cells
Cell: fundamental structural & functional unit of a living thing; cells vary widely in size & shape,
reflecting unique functions in the body
, Tissue: groups of similar cells that have a common function:
1. epithelium
- Lining
2.muscle
- Movement
3. connective tissue
- Fill in space, helps connect different tissues
4.nervous tissue
- Communication
Organ: structure composed of at least 2 (but usually 4) tissue types that performs a specific function
for the body
Organ system: organs that work closely with one another to accomplish a common purpose
I form the mitotic spindle and I can also move organelles around withing the cytoplasm - CORRECT
ANSWER - Microtubule
I am the site of formation of microtubules - CORRECT ANSWER - Centriole
I am composed of actin and can influence cell shape - CORRECT ANSWER - Microfilament
I am a strong rope-like intermediate filament found especially in skin cells - CORRECT
ANSWER - Keratin
I am the cytoskeleton component that allows cilia to move mucus through the respiratory passageway -
CORRECT ANSWER - Microtubule