Histology is the study of __________.

tissues
Your Answer:

2.

The free surface of an epithelial

tissue is the __________.
apical surface
Your Answer:

3.

Keratinized, dead cells are

associated with __________.
pseudostratified
Your Answer: columnar
epithelium
stratified
Correct Answer: squamous
epithelium

4.

Where is simple columnar

epithelium located?
forming the air
Your Answer: sacs of the
lungs
lining of the
Correct Answer: small intestine

5.

Glands, such as the thyroid, that

secrete their products directly into
the blood rather than through ducts
are classified as __________.

endocrine
Your Answer:

6.

Which of the following is NOT a

location of reticular tissue?
spleen
Your Answer:
tendons
Correct Answer:

7.

The major energy reserve in the

body is found stored as fat in
__________.
adipose tissue
Your Answer:

8.

Which of the following is

constructed of elastic cartilage?
intervertebral
Your Answer: discs
external ear
Correct Answer:

9.

The ECM of blood is known as

__________.
bone marrow
Your Answer:

plasma
Correct Answer:

10.

Striations are a structural feature

associated with some __________.
fibroblasts
Your Answer:
muscle cells
Correct Answer:

11.

Where is cardiac muscle tissue

located?
heart
Your Answer:

12.

What lubricates movable joints

such as the hip, knee, and elbow?
synovial fluid
Your Answer:

13.

Tissues are structurally more

complex than __________.
cells
Your Answer:

What do skeletal and cardiac

muscle cells share in common?

14.

intercalated
Your Answer: discs situated
between cells
striations
Correct Answer:

You examine a tissue slide through

the microscope and recognize one
layer of cells that are mostly tall
and elongated. You determine this
tissue to be __________.

15.

simple columnar
Your Answer: epithelium

Cytosol is also known as __________.

extracellular fluid (ECF)
Your Answer:
intracellular fluid (ICF)
Correct Answer:

2.

Which of the following is a

function of a plasma membrane
protein?
molecular
Your Answer: transport
through the
membrane

3.

Carbon dioxide is a small

molecule that moves through the
phospholipid bilayer with its
concentration gradient by

__________.
primary
Your Answer: active
transport
simple
Correct Answer: diffusion

4.

Active transport processes

__________.
move solutes
Your Answer: with or along
their
concentration
gradients
require cells
Correct Answer: to expend
energy (ATP)

5.

Two types of active transport via

vesicles are __________.
primary
Your Answer: active
transport and
secondary
active
transport
endocytosis
Correct Answer: and
exocytosis

6.

What organelle degrades old,

worn-out organelles and cell
components?
rough
Your Answer: endoplasmic
reticulum
(RER)

lysosome
Correct Answer:

7.

Microtubules are composed of

protein subunits known as
__________.
keratin
Your Answer:
tubulin
Correct Answer:

8.

Most of a cell's DNA is located in

its __________.
nucleus
Your Answer:

9.

Cell division occurs during

__________.
M phase
Your Answer:

10.

During which phase of the M

phase of the cell cycle does the
mitotic spindle form?
prophase
Your Answer:

11.

During which phase of mitosis

are sister chromatids separated
when the mitotic spindle fibers
shorten?
prophase
Your Answer:
anaphase
Correct Answer:

12.

Programmed cell death is called

__________.
neoplasia
Your Answer:
apoptosis
Correct Answer:

13.

A cell is placed into a 3%

dextrose solution. At that
concentration, the solution is
isotonic to the cell. If the
concentration of dextrose in the
solution is increased to 5%, the
cell is now in __________.
a hypotonic
Your Answer: solution
a hypertonic
Correct Answer: solution

14.

If a cell has 18 chromosomes

and undergoes mitosis, how
many chromosomes would each
daughter cell have?

9
Your Answer:
18
Correct Answer:

15.

Sodium ions are moving with

their concentration gradient with
the use of a protein channel
across a plasma membrane.
Determine the type of membrane
transport used to transport these
sodium ions.
primary
Your Answer: active
transport
facilitated
Correct Answer: diffusion