Chapter 1
What is the organ system that humans can live without?
reproductive system
The tissue type that is specialized for contraction and movement
muscle tissue
What is the type of gland that secretes their products into the blood stream?
endocrine
True or false? The knees are inferior to the toes.
Urinary bladder is what epithelial tissue type?
The organ system responsible for producing heat in the body is the:
muscular system
The act of sweating is what type of mechanism of homeostasis?
Negative feedback
Multiple Choice
What term best describes this definition? A membrane type that lines body cavities and covers organs.
a. cutaneous membrane
b. parietal cavity membrane
c. dorsal membrane
d. serous membrane
e. basement membrane
d. serous membrane
Tendons are what connective tissue type?
dense regular
The study of the structures of the body as it changes from conception of a fetus to death is called:
Developmental anatomy
Multiple Choice
Columnar epithelium within the respiratory tract are often:
a. Ciliated and stratified
b. Ciliated and pseudostratified
c. Ciliated and simple
d. Have microvilli and pseudostratified
e. Have microvilli and simple
b. Ciliated and pseudostratified
"Pollex" refers to ____ while "Manual" refers to ______.
pollex - thumb; manual - hand
Which tissue type is best described by this definition? It carries electrical signals from one body part to another
nervous tissue
The larynx is what epithelial tissue type?
Pseudostratified columnar
The phalanges are _____ to the antecubital region.
Distal
Multiple choice:
Which cell is not a type under connective tissues?
a. Microphages
b. Mast Cells
c. Goblet Cells
d. Chondrocytes
c. Goblet cells
Name a location that dense regular connective tissue is found in.
Any of the following:
Aponeuroses, tendons, ligaments
Identify all three of the cartilage connective tissue types.
Elastic cartilage, hyaline cartilage, fibrocartilage.
The spleen is what connective tissue type?
reticular
The pericardium is considered ______ to the heart organ.
superficial
The secretion method that results in death of the gland cell
holocrine secretion
What is the function of macrophages?
engulfing foreign particles and/or dead cells
The framework (stroma) of lymphatic organs is what type of connective tissue?
Reticular connective tissue
The auricle of the ear is what connective tissue type?
Elastic cartilage