Human Anatomy, Exam 1, Fall 2010
1. A tissue is a. a cell type within an animal that performs a specific function, b. many similar
cells in one location that perform a specific function, c. several cell types that interact to
perform a specific function, d. interconnected organs that perform a specific function.
2. The specialized cellular junctions of epithelial tissues help maintain a. polarity, b. elasticity,
c. cellularity, d. specialized surface features such as microvilli.
3. Some of the kidney and retinal problems associated with diabetes are due to changes in the
a. basement membrane, b. stratum corneum, c. junctions between cells, d. composition of
the ground substance.
4. Secretion requires a. thin tissues, b. thick tissues, c. multi-layered tissues, d. the thickness
of the tissue is unimportant.
5. One common location of simple columnar tissue is a. the throat, b. the kidney, c. the
intestine, d. the bladder.
6. Simple squamous tissue is generally involved in a. a. secretion, b. absorbtion, c. diffusion, d.
protection.
7. An endocrine gland a. has a duct, b. is unicellular, c. secretes products locally, d. secretes
its product into blood vessels.
8. Connective tissues have in common that they a. respond to electrical stimulation, b. have
few extracellular components, c. can stretch, d. originate from embryonic mesenchyme.
9. Only one type of fiber in connective tissue can be stretched to 150% of its original length
and still return to that length: a) ground substance fiber, b) collagen fiber, c) elastic fiber, d)
reticular fiber.
10. Areolar connective tissue contains matrix specialized for a. stretching, b. strength, c. water
absorption, d. immunity.
11. Cartilage matrix is made up of ___% water: a. 20, b. 40, c. 60, d. 80.
12. Which muscle tissue is under voluntary control? A. straight, b. smooth, c. cardiac, d.
skeletal.
13. In scurvy, the teeth fall out because the disease affects their a. epithelial tissues, b.
connective tissues, c. muscle, d. nervous tissue.
14. Put these tissues in order of most to least regeneration:
1. Neurons
2. Dense regular connective tissue
3. Areolar connective tissue
4. Striated muscle
Answers: a. 3, 2, 4, 1, b. 3, 4, 2, 1, c. 3, 1, 4, 2, d. 2, 3, 1, 4.
