41) Which one of the following basic types of tissues has an extracellular matrix?
A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous
42) Which one of the following basic types of tissues functions as a covering tissue for the body?
A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous
43) An epithelium in which the basal layer of cells is cuboidal and the apical layer has cells that are thin, flat and irregular in shaper is a ________ epithelium.
A) stratified squamous
B) simple columnar
C) stratified cuboidal
D) simple cuboidal
44) The thinnest type of epithelium is
A) simple squamous.
B) pseudostratified columnar.
C) stratified squamous.
D) stratified columnar.
45) Microvilli can perform all of the following functions
except
A) enhance the rate of absorption.
B) enhance the rate of secretion.
C) moving and propelling fluids.
D) anchoring mucus.
46) The type of cell junction that permits small sugar molecules and ions to pass from the cytoplasm of one cell to that of another is a
A) tight junction.
B) gap junction.
C) desmosome.
D) zonula occludens.
47) Ligaments consist primarily of which kind of connective tissue?
A) loose areolar
B) dense irregular
C) cartilage
D) dense regular
48) In connective tissue proper, ground substance is manufactured and secreted by which type of cell?
A) fibroblast
B) endothelial cell
C) chondroblasts
D) osteocytes
49) Use logic to deduce which of the following tissues is on the anterior surface of a person's eyeball.
A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous
50) The distinguishing characteristic between tight junctions and adherens junctions is that
A) adherens junctions attach to the actin myofilaments of the cytoskeleton, whereas tight junctions do not.
B) adherens junctions involve integral membrane proteins, whereas tight junctions do not.
C) tight junctions are present near apical lateral borders, whereas adherens junctions are located near basal lateral borders.
D) tight junctions involve fusion of proteins on adjacent cells, whereas adherens junctions create tunnels between adjacent cells.