Study Guide – Chapter 4
Histology
1. Name the three embryonic tissues.
2. Which of these is the inner germ layer that forms the lining of the digestive tract?
3. Which of these is the middle layer?
a. What tissues does it give rise to?
4. What is the outer germ layer?
a. What does it form
5. Identify the type of epithelium described below:
a. single layer of cube-shaped cells
b. multiple layers of tall, thin cells
c. single layer of very flat, often hexagonal cells
d. single layer of cells; all cells are attached to the basement membrane, but only some of them
reach the free surface
e. multiple layers of cells; outer cells are dead and dry.
f. layers of cells that appear cubelike when an organ is relaxed and flattened when the organ is
distended by fluid
6. Fill-in the missing term:
a. Epithelial cells have very little material between them.
b. Epithelium is sometimes referred to as a or tissue based
on where it is found in the body.
c. Most epithelial tissues have one surface that rests on the basement
membrane, and an surface that faces the lumen or exterior of the body.
d. Epithelial tissues have no blood vessels and therefore are called
7. KNOW WELL THE FUNCTIONS AND LOCATIONS OF THE EPITHELIAL TISSUES DISCUSSED IN
LECTURE AND LAB.
8. What is the word
suffix
for a cell that forms or creates new extracellular matrix or tissue?
9. What is the
suffix
for a cell that breaks down the extracellular material or tissue?
10. What are the three major components of all connective tissue?
11. Name the type of cell found in the following tissues:
a. Fat: b. Cartilage: c. Bone
d. Nerve tissue: e. Antibody secreting cells:
f. Large phagocytic cells of c.t.: g. Contain
heparin
&
histamine
12. The connective tissue cell responsible for the synthesis and secretion of connective tissue fibers
is the .
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