BIOLOGY 168 TEST 1 2026 CERTIFICATION
ASSESSMENT BLUEPRINT VERIFIED SYSTEM
◉ What are the fibers that are normally found in connective tissues?
Answer: Collagen, reticular, and elastic
◉ what are the function of the fibers in connective tissue
Answer: provide support
◉ What are the three types of epithelial tissue?
Answer: Simple, Stratified, Pseudostratified
◉ What is the serous membrane?
Answer: membrane lining/enclosing several body cavities
◉ where is the serous membrane located?
Answer: thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
◉ Why is the serous membrane important?
Answer: it secretes lubricating fluid which reduces friction from
muscle movement
, ◉ Integument definition
Answer: natural covering of organism or organ
◉ Integument functions:
Answer: acts as a barrier to protect the body from the outside world
◉ Thin skin layers
Answer: 4 layers: Stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosm, stratum corneum. Has thicker dermis and fewer
eccrine/merocrine sweat glands.
Easy to suture thin skin.
◉ Thick skin layers
Answer: 5 layers: Stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosm, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum. Has thin dermis.
No hair, sebaceous glands, or apocrine sweat glands.
mostly on fingertips, palms, soles of feet
ASSESSMENT BLUEPRINT VERIFIED SYSTEM
◉ What are the fibers that are normally found in connective tissues?
Answer: Collagen, reticular, and elastic
◉ what are the function of the fibers in connective tissue
Answer: provide support
◉ What are the three types of epithelial tissue?
Answer: Simple, Stratified, Pseudostratified
◉ What is the serous membrane?
Answer: membrane lining/enclosing several body cavities
◉ where is the serous membrane located?
Answer: thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities
◉ Why is the serous membrane important?
Answer: it secretes lubricating fluid which reduces friction from
muscle movement
, ◉ Integument definition
Answer: natural covering of organism or organ
◉ Integument functions:
Answer: acts as a barrier to protect the body from the outside world
◉ Thin skin layers
Answer: 4 layers: Stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosm, stratum corneum. Has thicker dermis and fewer
eccrine/merocrine sweat glands.
Easy to suture thin skin.
◉ Thick skin layers
Answer: 5 layers: Stratum basale, stratum spinosum, stratum
granulosm, stratum lucidum, stratum corneum. Has thin dermis.
No hair, sebaceous glands, or apocrine sweat glands.
mostly on fingertips, palms, soles of feet
