4.3 Short Answer Questions
1) The smallest diameter blood vessels, capillaries are comprised of ________.
2) This is the sheet of tissue between the epithelium and the connective tissue below it.
3) An ________ gland releases its products through ducts onto body surfaces or into body cavities.
4) Damage to the basal lamina due to untreated diabetes may lead to kidney failure and pathological degeneration of what other organ?
5) Linker proteins in the extracellular space join cytoplasmic plaques on adjacent epithelial cells in this type of cell junction.
6) The disease scurvy results from a deficiency of vitamin C, leading to a disruption in the synthesis of ________ fibers.
7) Elastic fibers are comprised of the protein
________.
8) The outermost layers of intervertebral discs and the pubic symphysis are comprised of this type of cartilage.
9) This type of fat is important in babies to aid in thermoregulation.
10) Identify two different locations in the human body where elastic cartilage is found.
11) This term refers to the accumulation of fluid at a site of inflammation.
12) Deep ________ is a dense regular connective tissue that wraps around muscle groups, large vessels, and nerves.
13) Nervous tissue and ________ tissues are generally thought to lack the capability to regenerate.
14) Stem cells may be characterized as being ________ cells; in other words, they can produce new tissue cells as needed.
15) After a wound has healed, the scar that remains is nearly entirely composed of ________ fibers.