During an inflammatory response to injury, which of the following is the least likely in the region of the injury?
A) increase in basophils
B) increase in histamine
C) increase in blood flow
D) cold, pale skin
E) swelling
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Question 2) Inflammation is
A) a repair process that restores normal function to injured tissue.
B) a fever.
C) an infection of a wound.
D) a process that clears damaged cells and dangerous microorganisms from an injury.
E) the process of blood clotting.
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Question 3) The body's first tissue response to any injury is
A) fever.
B) inflammation.
C) bleeding.
D) shivering.
E) regeneration.
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Question 4) The body's longest cells are
A) muscle cells.
B) connective tissue.
C) epithelia.
D) neurons.
E) neuroglia.
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Question 5) All of the following are true of neurons except that
A) they cannot divide.
B) they conduct a nervous impulse.
C) they are composed of a cell body and axon.
D) they are a very specialized form of connective tissue.
E) they receive information from other neurons through their dendrites.
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Question 6) ________ support, protect, and nourish nerve cells.
A) Nurse cells
B) Neuroglia
C) Neurons
D) Nurturons
E) Nutrient cells
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Question 7) The function of ________ is to propagate electrical signals from one place to another.
A) muscle cells
B) neurons
C) transmitter cells
D) teleocytes
E) neuroglia
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Question 8) Most of the nervous tissue of the body is in the
A) nerves and muscles.
B) hands.
C) brain and spinal cord.
D) skin.
E) eyes, ears, nose and tongue.
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Question 9) Tissue that is specialized for the conduction of electrical impulses is ________ tissue.
A) connective
B) neural
C) areolar
D) osseous
E) epithelial
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Question 10) The muscle found in the walls of most hollow organs of the body is
A) smooth muscle.
B) involuntary striated muscle.
C) skeletal muscle.
D) cardiac muscle.
E) voluntary striated muscle.
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