BIOL 1030 Mastering Biology Chapter 40

How does connective tissue differ from the other three major tissue types?

This describes many connective tissues, such as loose connective tissue.

Which of these describes loose connective tissue?

Loose connective tissue is a packing material that serves, for example, to hold organs in place.

Cartilage is found _____.

The ends of long bones, such as the femur, have a cartilage cap.

_____ is the connective tissue specialized for transport.

Blood is specialized for the transport of substances such as nutrients, wastes, and gases.

What type of epithelium would you expect to find covering a surface subject to physical forces?

Stratified epithelium consists of multiple layers; this thickness provides a protective barrier.

What type of epithelial tissue, found in the intestines, absorbs nutrients?

Which of these tissues, found in the lungs, permits gas exchange by diffusion?

This is a thin single layer of cells that allows for diffusion.

What type of epithelial tissue lines kidney tubules?

The simple cuboidal cells of kidney tubules allow for both secretion and absorption.

What type of muscle is responsible for contractions of the digestive tract and arteries?

Smooth muscle is responsible for the involuntary contractions of the digestive tract, arteries, and bladder.

Cardiac muscle is the only muscle composed of _____ fibers.

Cardiac muscle fibers are branched.

_____ muscle is attached to bones.

A neuron consists of _____.

Nervous tissue functions _____.

Which of the following is a correct statement about an organism and its environment?

The interstitial fluid takes up nutrients and oxygen from the blood plasma for transfer to active cells, and the active cells are the source of wastes and carbon dioxide for transfer to the blood plasma.

The four major categories of tissues are _____.

Penguins, seals, and tuna have body forms that permit rapid swimming, because ___.

As body size increases in animals, ___.

Most of the exchange surfaces of multicellular animals are lined with ___.

An example of a connective tissue is the ___.

Stratified cuboidal epithelium is composed of ___.

Connective tissues typically have ___.

The nourishment, insulation, and support for neurons is the result of activity by the ___.

Fibroblasts secrete ___.

Blood is best classified as connective tissue because ___.

Muscles are joined to bones by ___.

With its abundance of collagenous fibers, cartilage is an example of ___.

In a typical nerve cell, the nucleus is found in the ___.

All types of muscle tissue have ___.

All skeletal muscle fibers are ___.

The type of muscle tissue surrounding internal organs, other than the heart, is ___.

Food moves along the digestive tract as the result of contractions by ___.

The body tissue that consists largely of material located outside of cells is ___.