Histology

Question 1

Define epithelial tissue

Answer 1

found on the surfaces of the body; contains no blood supply

Question 2

Define connective tissue

Answer 2

tissue with a non-living matrix

Question 3

Define muscle tissue

Answer 3

specialized tissue for contraction

Question 4

Define nerve tissue

Answer 4

consists of neurons, other specialized nerve cells, and the matrix around these cells

Question 5

Define membrane

Answer 5

sheets of tissue that cover or line surfaces of the body cavities or seperate organs from one another

Question 6

Define simple epithelium

Answer 6

composed of a single layer of cells

Question 7

Define stratified epithelium

Answer 7

composed of multiple layers of cells

Question 8

Define squamous

Answer 8

flat

Question 9

Define cuboidal

Answer 9

cube shaped

Question 10

Define columnar

Answer 10

tall and narrow

Question 11

Define transitional epithelium

Answer 11

type of stratified epithelium in which the surface cells change from round to squamous

Question 12

Define ciliated epithelium

Answer 12

consists of columnar cells that have cilia on their free surface

Question 13

Define exocrine gland

Answer 13

have ducts that take the product where it needs to go

Question 14

Define endocrine glands

Answer 14

secretions are tranported by the blood

Question 15

What type of tissue is blood?

Answer 15

connective tissue; plasma serves as its matrix

Question 16

Define areolar connective tissue

Answer 16

consists of fibroblast cells in a matrix of tissue fluid, collagen, and elastin fibers

Question 17

Define adipose tissue

Answer 17

contain adipocytes that store fat

Question 18

Define fibrous tissue

Answer 18

consists of mostly matrix with only a few fibroblast cells

Question 19

Define elastic tissue

Answer 19

consists of mostly matrix with only a few fibroblast cells

Question 20

Define bone tissue

Answer 20

consists of osteocytes in a rigid matrix of calcium salts and collagen fibers

Question 21

Define cartilage tissue

Answer 21

consists of relatively few chondrocytes in a flexible protein matrix

Question 22

Describe skeletal muscle

Answer 22

attaches bone to bone; striated muscle; voluntary muscle

Question 23

Describe smooth muscle

Answer 23

called visceral muscle; involuntary muscle

Question 24

Describe cardiac muscle

Answer 24

muscle of the heart; also known as myocardium; ability to contract on their own

Question 25

Describe nervous tissue

Answer 25

consists of neurons, Schwann cells, and neuroglia

Question 26

Name the organs made of nervous tissue

Answer 26

brainspinal cordcranial nervesperipheral nerves

Question 27

Locate the parietal pleura

Answer 27

lines the thoracic cavity

Question 28

Locate the visceral pleura

Answer 28

covers the lungs

Question 29

Locate the parietal pericardium

Answer 29

line the fibrous pericardial sac

Question 30

Locate the visceral pericardium

Answer 30

covers the surface of the heart muscle

Question 31

Locate the parietal peritoneum

Answer 31

lines the inner surface of the abdominal wall

Question 32

Locate the visceral peritoneum

Answer 32

covers the abdominal organs

Question 33

Describe superficial facia

Answer 33

evelopes the adipose tissue between the skin and the muscles throughout the body

Question 34

Locate periosteum

Answer 34

fiberous covering over bones

Question 35

Locate perichondrium

Answer 35

fibrous covering of cartilage

Question 36

Locate the synovial membrane

Answer 36

lines the joint cavities

Question 37

Locate the deep fascia

Answer 37

covers skeletal muscles and helps to anchor tendons

Question 38

Describe the meninges

Answer 38

fibrous membranes that contain cerebospinal fluid and cover the brain and spinal cord

Question 39

Describe the fibrous pericardium

Answer 39

forms a sac around the heart