51) Connective tissue that must resist forces pulling it from many different directions without stretching would most likely be
A) areolar connective tissue.
B) dense irregular connective tissue.
C) dense regular connective tissue.
D) reticular connective tissues.
52) Which of the following is
not
a characteristic of the inflammatory response?
A) attacks and eliminates specific foreign molecules
B) involves release of chemicals that cause local vasodilation
C) occurs within connective tissue
D) results in edema and delivery of chemicals needed for repair
53) Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans are components of
A) blood.
B) inflammation.
C) ground substance.
D) reticular fibers.
54) It might be argued that all the defense mechanisms in areolar connective tissue act to prevent infection from reaching which other tissue type?
A) bone
B) epithelium
C) blood
D) muscle
55) Despite their name, many types of cell junction are not very strong at joining and holding cells together. The cell junctions that best keep cells from being pulled apart are
A) tight junctions.
B) gap junctions.
C) desmosomes.
D) zonula occludens.
56) Fat is a form of ________ tissue.
A) epithelial
B) connective
C) muscle
D) nervous
57) During repair of a scrape or cut through the skin, a blood clot is replaced with collagen-rich granulation tissue in a process called
A) inflammation.
B) organization.
C) repair.
D) regeneration.
58) All lining and covering membranes consist of
A) an epithelium only.
B) a serosa.
C) an epithelium, a connective tissue, and smooth muscle.
D) epithelium and connective tissue.
59) Inflamed tissue is often warm to the touch because of
A) accumulation of bacterial toxins.
B) increased blood flow to the area.
C) infiltration by neutrophils.
D) leakage of clotting proteins.
60) The best definition of fibrosis is
A) the production of collagen fibers.
B) the production of elastic fibers.
C) the formation of dense regular connective tissue.
D) the formation of scar tissue.