BIOS251-EXAM 2 (WEEK 4-HISTOLOGY) QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 202

BIOS251-EXAM 2 (WEEK 4-HISTOLOGY)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
histology CORRECT ANSWER the study of tissues


4 major types of tissues CORRECT ANSWER - epithelial
- connective

- muscle

- nervous



epithelial tissue CORRECT ANSWER lines cavities, cover surfaces, forms glands


connective tissue CORRECT ANSWER support, protection of organs & systems, most diverse


muscle tissue CORRECT ANSWER body movement & movement of substances through body


nervous tissue CORRECT ANSWER conducts electrical impulses, processes information


exocrine glands and their modes of secretion CORRECT ANSWER - merocrine
- apocrine

- holocrine



merocrine CORRECT ANSWER released through exocytosis in vesicles (salivary and sweat glands)


apocrine CORRECT ANSWER
secretions released in apical cytoplasm (mammary glands, ceruminous wax glands in ears)



holocrine CORRECT ANSWER secretions via loss of entire cell (oil glands)

, subtypes of epithelium CORRECT ANSWER - simple squamous epithelium
- simple cuboidal epithelium

- simple columnar epithelium

- stratified squamous epithelium

- keratinizing stratified squamous epithelium

- stratified cuboidal epithelium

- stratified columnar epithelium

- psuedostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

- transitional epithelium



subtypes of connective tissue CORRECT ANSWER - areolar connective tissue
- adipose connective tissue

- dense regular connective tissue

- dense irregular connective tissue

- elastic connective tissue (not cartilage)

- hyaline cartilage

- elastic cartilage

- fibrocartilage

- bone

- blood



subtypes of muscle tissue CORRECT ANSWER skeletal muscle-voluntary
cardiac muscle-involuntary

smooth muscle-involuntary



nervous tissue CORRECT ANSWER
be familiar with diagram of neuron and parts of neuron and neuroglia