Week 5 Quiz

Which primary tissue type covers body surfaces and lines internal cavities and passages?

Select one.

• Connective tissue
• Epithelial tissue
• Muscle tissue
• Nervous tissue

A slide shows one layer of flat cells resting on a basement membrane. What is the epithelium's two-word name?

Select one.

• Simple squamous
• Stratified squamous
• Simple columnar
• Stratified columnar

Epithelium is avascular. How do its cells receive their nutrients?

Select one.

• Through capillaries that run up between the cells
• From plasma stored inside the epithelial sheet
• By diffusion from the tissue below the basement membrane
• By active transport of blood across the apical surface

A classmate says blood is a muscle because the heart pumps it. How does this course classify blood?

Select one.

• As a muscle tissue, since it moves through the body
• As an epithelial tissue, since it lines the vessels
• As a nervous tissue, since it carries messages
• As a connective tissue with a liquid matrix, the plasma

A slide shows striated, branching cells joined end to end by intercalated discs. Which tissue is it?

Select one.

• Skeletal muscle, which is voluntary
• Cardiac muscle, which is involuntary
• Smooth muscle, which is involuntary
• Nervous tissue, which carries signals

In the name stratified columnar epithelium, what does the word columnar tell you?

Select one.

• How many layers of cells the sheet has
• Where in the body the sheet is found
• The shape of the cells, column-shaped
• Which job the sheet does for the body

A gland releases its product through a duct onto the inner surface of a passage. What kind of gland is it?

Select one.

• An exocrine gland
• An endocrine gland
• A serous gland
• A synovial gland

The tissue-identification key in this week's lab holds 2 epithelial slides, 2 connective slides, 2 muscle slides, and 1 nervous slide. How many slides does the set contain in all?

Select one.

• 6
• 8
• 4
• 7

The matrix of connective tissue, its ground substance and protein fibers such as collagen, is made by the connective-tissue cells themselves.

True or false.

• True
• False

Select every correct pairing of a tissue membrane with the place it lines or forms.

Select every option that applies.

• Mucous membrane — a cavity open to the outside
• Synovial membrane — the cavity of a freely movable joint
• Cutaneous membrane — the skin
• Serous membrane — a cavity open to the outside
• Synovial membrane — the lining of the mouth