Chamberlain University BIOS 251 Exam 2 |139 Questions and Answers

Chamberlain University BIOS 251 Exam 2 |139
Questions and Answers
How many main tissue types are found in the human body?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 - -D. 4

-Avascularity is a characteristic of which tissue type?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac tissue
D. Epithelial tissue - -D. Epithelial tissue

-Which type of tissue rests on an underlying basement membrane?
A. Cardiac tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Epithelial tissue
D. Connective tissue - -C. Epithelial tissue

-Regeneration is a characteristic of what type of tissue?
A. Skeletal muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Epithelial tissue - -D. Epithelial tissue

-Which muscle tissue is striated and voluntary?
A. Cardiac muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Skeletal muscle
D. Smooth muscle - -C. Skeletal muscle

-Gap junctions are unique to ______________.
A. skeletal muscle
B. epithelial tissue
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle - -C. cardiac muscle

-Which cells serve an immunological defense function?
A. Adipocytes
B. Melanocytes
C. Macrophages
D. Microcells - -C. Macrophages

,-Which represents specialized nerve cells that generate and conduct nerve impulses?
A. Glial
B. Elastic
C. Neuron
D. Muscle - -C. Neuron

-Which are known functions of glia cells? Select all that apply.
A. Protect neurons.
B. Send electrical impulses.
C. Processes sensory information.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons. - -A. Protect neurons.
D. Act as housekeeping for the nervous system.
E. Provide nourishment for neurons.

-The three types of muscle are ______________________.
A. skeletal, reticular, and elastic
B. skeletal, smooth, and elastic
C. skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
D. skeletal, cardiac, and transitional - -C. skeletal, cardiac, and smooth

-Which of the following is false, with respect to muscle tissue?
A. Muscle specializes in contraction.
B. Muscle helps control body temperature.
C. Muscle is one of the four classes of tissue types.
D. Muscle contraction can cause movement.
E. Muscle serves as a calcium reservoir. - -E. Muscle serves as a calcium reservoir.

-The three types of protein fibers that are found in connective tissue are
______________________.
A. collagen, elastic, and reticular
B. blood, lymph, and interstitial fluid
C. loose, dense, and irregular
D. tendons, ligaments, and elastic ligaments
E. cartilage, bone, and collagen - -A. collagen, elastic, and reticular

-Pseudostratified columnar epithelium's primary function is _________________.
A. absorption
B. secretion
C. filtration
D. protection - -B. secretion

-Which is not a function of simple squamous epithelium?
A. Filtration
B. Protection from abrasion

, C. Diffusion
D. Secretion - -B. Protection from abrasion

-An epithelium in which the basal layer of cells is cuboidal and the apical layer has cells
that are thin and flat with a fried-egg appearance in shape is a ___________________ epithelium
A. stratified cuboidal
B. simple columnar
C. stratified squamous
D. Simple cuboidal - -C. stratified squamous

-A structure that secretes hormones directly into the blood is ______________.
A. a plasma cell
B. a goblet cell
C. an exocrine gland
D. an endocrine gland - -D. an endocrine gland

-Which cell junction prevents the movement of material between cell membranes?
A. Desmosomes
B. Tight junctions
C. Gap junctions
D. Hemidesmosomes - -B. Tight junctions

-Serosa can be found in which body cavity?
A. Cranial cavity
B. Spinal cavity
C. Dorsal body cavity
D. Ventral body cavity - -D. Ventral body cavity

-Which body membrane surrounds organs located in body cavities that do not open
directly to the outside of the body?
A. Mucus
B. Synovial
C. Integumentary
D. Serous - -D. Serous

-Which tissue type does not play a role in forming membranes of the human body?
A. Epithelial tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Connective tissue
D. Nervous tissue - -D. Nervous tissue

-Thermoregulation is one of the functions of the cutaneous membrane.
A. True
B. False - -A. True

-The synovial membrane is found where?