Movement of food through the digestive tract results from the action of
A. smooth muscle.
B. undifferentiated muscle.
C. voluntary muscle.
D. skeletal muscle.
E. cardiac muscle.
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Question 2) What type of muscle is found in the wall of the heart?
A. skeletal muscle
B. cardiac muscle
C. smooth muscle
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Question 3) Lamellae are characteristic of
A. spongy bone tissue.
B. fibrocartilage.
C. cancellous bone tissue.
D. hyaline cartilage.
E. compact bone tissue.
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Question 4) Muscle tissue is characterized by its
A. avascularity.
B. durability.
C. contractility.
D. rigidity.
E. strength.
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Question 5) A tissue that has a fluid matrix is
A. bone.
B. blood.
C. cartilage.
D. adipose tissue.
E. areolar tissue.
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Question 6) Which of the following is found in spongy bone but not compact bone?
A. osteocytes in lacunae
B. hydroxyapatite
C. collagen
D. trabeculae
E. matrix
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Question 7) What type of connective tissue is found in the walls of large arteries?
A. hyaline cartilage
B. fibrocartilage
C. dense irregular elastic tissue
D. dense regular collagenous tissue
E. elastic cartilage
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Question 8) What type of connective tissue is found in tendons and ligaments?
A. dense regular collagenous tissue
B. dense irregular elastic tissue
C. hyaline cartilage
D. elastic cartilage
E. fibrocartilage
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Question 9) Cartilage heals slowly after an injury because
A. it has few, if any, blood vessels.
B. it contains so much proteoglycan.
C. it is a dead, rather than a living, tissue.
D. it contains no fibroblasts.
E. this tissue type is very complex.
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Question 10) What type of connective tissue forms most of the skeleton before it is replaced by bone?
A. dense irregular elastic tissue
B. elastic cartilage
C. fibrocartilage
D. dense regular collagenous tissue
E. hyaline cartilage