Tissue Review

Which of these characteristics best describes cardiac muscle tissue:

Choosing from the list of connective tissues, which one consists of cells in a fluid matrix?

Which of the following muscle types is both voluntary and striated?

__________ tissue contains cells called fibroblasts that make fibers such as collagen.

Fat is:

Which type of epithelial tissue is found lining kidney tubules?

Fibrous proteins in connective tissue that, when stretched, snaps back to its original length.

The outer layer of the skin is composed of ______________________.

Type of tissue that can be described as voluntary or involuntary

The type of cartilage found in intervertebral disks of the spinal column is ________________.

Epithelial tissues are innervated and usually vascularized.

Type of tissue that is specialized to contract and produce movement

Neurons are cells that are involved in ___________.

Found in the walls of hollow organs, such as the stomach, and in the walls of blood vessels is

The four primary tissue types are epithelium, muscle, cutaneous, and connective.

Connective tissue composed of calcium & other minerals surrounding reinforcing protein fibers.

Type of tissue that contains collagen, elastic, or reticular fibers

Epithelial tissue found in areas subject to considerable abrasion, such as the esophagus, is:

Type of tissue whose two functional characteristics are irritability and conductivity.

What is the muscle that has intercalated discs and contracts under involuntary conditions?

Smooth muscle cells are uninucleated spindle-shaped cells that are voluntary.

Epithelial tissue lining organs of the digestive system such as the small intestines is the

Type of tissue that can be simple or stratified

Epithelial tissue is characterized by each of these traits, except that ____________.

Type of tissue that consists of neurons and supporting cells.

Connective tissue fibers that have great tensile strength & are found in ligaments and tendons

Many layers of cube-shaped cells should be termed __________ epithelial tissue.

_____ means, 'containing no blood vessels.'

The purpose of transitional epithelium is...

Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue?

_____ means, 'supplied by nerve fibers.'