CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY BIOS
251 EXAM 2 WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
How many main tissue types are found in the human body?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 correct answers >> D. 4
Avascularity is a characteristic of which tissue type?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac tissue
D. Epithelial tissue correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> C. Epithelial tissue
Regeneration is a characteristic of what type of tissue?
A. Skeletal muscle
,B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Epithelial tissue correct answers >> D. Epithelial tissue
Which muscle tissue is striated and voluntary?
A. Cardiac muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Skeletal muscle
D. Smooth muscle correct answers >> C. Skeletal muscle
Gap junctions are unique to ______________.
A. skeletal muscle
B. epithelial tissue
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle correct answers >> C. cardiac muscle
Which cells serve an immunological defense function?
A. Adipocytes
B. Melanocytes
C. Macrophages
D. Microcells correct answers >> C. Macrophages
Which represents specialized nerve cells that generate and
conduct nerve impulses?
A. Glial
,B. Elastic
C. Neuron
D. Muscle correct answers >> 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. correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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. correct answers >>
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 correct answers >> A.
collagen, elastic, and reticular
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium's primary function is
_________________.
A. absorption
B. secretion
C. filtration
D. protection correct answers >> B. secretion
Which is not a function of simple squamous epithelium?
A. Filtration
B. Protection from abrasion
C. Diffusion
D. Secretion correct answers >> B. Protection from abrasion
251 EXAM 2 WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
How many main tissue types are found in the human body?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 correct answers >> D. 4
Avascularity is a characteristic of which tissue type?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac tissue
D. Epithelial tissue correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> C. Epithelial tissue
Regeneration is a characteristic of what type of tissue?
A. Skeletal muscle
,B. Connective tissue
C. Cardiac muscle
D. Epithelial tissue correct answers >> D. Epithelial tissue
Which muscle tissue is striated and voluntary?
A. Cardiac muscle
B. Connective tissue
C. Skeletal muscle
D. Smooth muscle correct answers >> C. Skeletal muscle
Gap junctions are unique to ______________.
A. skeletal muscle
B. epithelial tissue
C. cardiac muscle
D. smooth muscle correct answers >> C. cardiac muscle
Which cells serve an immunological defense function?
A. Adipocytes
B. Melanocytes
C. Macrophages
D. Microcells correct answers >> C. Macrophages
Which represents specialized nerve cells that generate and
conduct nerve impulses?
A. Glial
,B. Elastic
C. Neuron
D. Muscle correct answers >> 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. correct answers >> 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 correct answers >> 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. correct answers >>
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 correct answers >> A.
collagen, elastic, and reticular
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium's primary function is
_________________.
A. absorption
B. secretion
C. filtration
D. protection correct answers >> B. secretion
Which is not a function of simple squamous epithelium?
A. Filtration
B. Protection from abrasion
C. Diffusion
D. Secretion correct answers >> B. Protection from abrasion
