Test Bank for Principles of Human Physiology, 6th Edition by, Cindy
L. Stanfield, ISBN-13: 9780134169804, ISBN-13: 9780135213001
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,MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The smallest living units capable of carrying out their own basic life functions are called 1)
A) organelles.
B) organ systems.
C) organs.
D) tissues.
E) cells.
Answer: E
2) Cells are classified into which of the following four broad categories? 2)
A) squamous, cubodial, columnar, and basement membranes
B) atoms, tissues, organs, and organ systems
C) skeletal, cardiac, endocrine, and nervous
D) endocrine, nervous, integumentary, and reproductive
E) neurons, muscle, epithelial, and connective tissue
Answer: E
3) Epithelial cells are associated with a noncellular material called a(n) 3)
A) endocrine gland.
B) basement membrane.
C) muscle fiber.
D) fibroblast.
E) connective tissue.
Answer: B
4) are found in the linings of hollow organs where they separate fluids in the interior cavity 4)
from the surrounding body fluids. The interior cavity of a hollow organ or vessel is known as a
.
A) Elastin cells : cavity
B) Endocrine cells : lumen
C) Epithelial : lumen
D) Connective tissues : basement membrane
E) Smooth muscle cells : cavity
Answer: C
5) The tissue type that generates mechanical force and movement, and whose activity is controlled 5)
both on a voluntary and involuntary level, is tissue.
A) epithelial
B) muscle
C) connective
D) nervous
E) skeletal
Answer: B
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, 6) Glands are derived from what type of tissue? 6)
A) reticular B) connective C) epithelial D) nerve E) muscle
Answer: C
7) The cell types blood, bone, fat, and lymph would be categorized into which of the following major 7)
cell classes?
A) endocrine cells
B) neurons
C) connective tissue cells
D) epithelial cells
E) muscle cells
Answer: C
8) Which tissue type includes cells contained in an extracellular matrix composed of collagen and 8)
elastin?
A) connective tissue
B) epithelial tissue
C) muscle tissue
D) endocrine tissue
E) nervous tissue
Answer: A
9) What is a general name for the noncellular material that holds the widely scattered cells of 9)
connective tissue together?
A) extracellular matrix
B) basement membrane
C) collagen
D) intracellular matrix
E) elastin
Answer: A
10) Which of the following is a protein found in connective tissue that provides the tensile strength to 10)
resist stretching?
A) basement membrane
B) elastin
C) collagen
D) erythropoietin
E) vimentin
Answer: C
11) What are the structures that attach bone to muscle? 11)
A) intracellular matrix proteins
B) ligaments
C) tendons
D) aponeuroses
E) extracellular matrix proteins
Answer: C
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L. Stanfield, ISBN-13: 9780134169804, ISBN-13: 9780135213001
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,MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The smallest living units capable of carrying out their own basic life functions are called 1)
A) organelles.
B) organ systems.
C) organs.
D) tissues.
E) cells.
Answer: E
2) Cells are classified into which of the following four broad categories? 2)
A) squamous, cubodial, columnar, and basement membranes
B) atoms, tissues, organs, and organ systems
C) skeletal, cardiac, endocrine, and nervous
D) endocrine, nervous, integumentary, and reproductive
E) neurons, muscle, epithelial, and connective tissue
Answer: E
3) Epithelial cells are associated with a noncellular material called a(n) 3)
A) endocrine gland.
B) basement membrane.
C) muscle fiber.
D) fibroblast.
E) connective tissue.
Answer: B
4) are found in the linings of hollow organs where they separate fluids in the interior cavity 4)
from the surrounding body fluids. The interior cavity of a hollow organ or vessel is known as a
.
A) Elastin cells : cavity
B) Endocrine cells : lumen
C) Epithelial : lumen
D) Connective tissues : basement membrane
E) Smooth muscle cells : cavity
Answer: C
5) The tissue type that generates mechanical force and movement, and whose activity is controlled 5)
both on a voluntary and involuntary level, is tissue.
A) epithelial
B) muscle
C) connective
D) nervous
E) skeletal
Answer: B
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, 6) Glands are derived from what type of tissue? 6)
A) reticular B) connective C) epithelial D) nerve E) muscle
Answer: C
7) The cell types blood, bone, fat, and lymph would be categorized into which of the following major 7)
cell classes?
A) endocrine cells
B) neurons
C) connective tissue cells
D) epithelial cells
E) muscle cells
Answer: C
8) Which tissue type includes cells contained in an extracellular matrix composed of collagen and 8)
elastin?
A) connective tissue
B) epithelial tissue
C) muscle tissue
D) endocrine tissue
E) nervous tissue
Answer: A
9) What is a general name for the noncellular material that holds the widely scattered cells of 9)
connective tissue together?
A) extracellular matrix
B) basement membrane
C) collagen
D) intracellular matrix
E) elastin
Answer: A
10) Which of the following is a protein found in connective tissue that provides the tensile strength to 10)
resist stretching?
A) basement membrane
B) elastin
C) collagen
D) erythropoietin
E) vimentin
Answer: C
11) What are the structures that attach bone to muscle? 11)
A) intracellular matrix proteins
B) ligaments
C) tendons
D) aponeuroses
E) extracellular matrix proteins
Answer: C
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