EDITION BY KEVIN T. PATTON, GARY A. THIBODEAU, REBECCA H.
WILLIAMSON, AND LINDSEY T. THOMPSON – COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COVERING ALL CHAPTERS
Epidermis - CORRECT ANSWERS-The outermost layer is called the stratum corneum.
Stratum germinativum - CORRECT ANSWERS-The layer of the epidermis that is constantly
undergoing mitosis.
Dermal papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS-The part of the skin that gives you a unique set of
fingerprints.
Hair papilla - CORRECT ANSWERS-The part of the hair that begins from a small, cap-shaped
cluster of cells.
Stratified squamous tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS-An example of epithelial tissue.
Smooth, striated, and cardiac - CORRECT ANSWERS-Examples of muscle tissue.
Tissue connected and supported by glia cells - CORRECT ANSWERS-Nervous tissue.
Adipose and areolar tissues - CORRECT ANSWERS-Examples of connective tissue.
Ideal body-fat percentage - CORRECT ANSWERS-12% to 18% for men and 18% to 24% for
women.
Simple squamous tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS-A type of epithelial tissue.
, Neurons - CORRECT ANSWERS-Cells of nervous tissue.
Hematopoietic tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS-A type of connective tissue.
Pseudostratified tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS-A type of epithelial tissue.
Most abundant and widely distributed tissue - CORRECT ANSWERS-Connective tissue.
Tissue that covers and lines many parts of the body - CORRECT ANSWERS-Epithelial tissue.
Axons and dendrites - CORRECT ANSWERS-Found in cells of nervous tissue.
Tissue specializing in movement of the body - CORRECT ANSWERS-Muscle tissue.
Continuous sheet of cells with no blood vessels - CORRECT ANSWERS-Epithelial tissue.
Cells that have the ability to shorten - CORRECT ANSWERS-Muscle tissue.
Tissue with few cells found in extracellular material called matrix - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Connective tissue.
Tissue subdivided according to shape and arrangement of cells - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Epithelial tissue.
Tissue allowing rapid communication between body structures - CORRECT ANSWERS-Nervous
tissue.
Glands - CORRECT ANSWERS-Usually made up of epithelial tissue.