Which type of epithelium is composed of multiple layers, including an apical layer containing tall, slender cells?
A. Simple squamous
B. Simple columnar
C. Pseudostratified squamous
D. Stratified squamous
E. Stratified columnar
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Question 2) What specialized feature of an epithelium consists of a reticular lamina, a lamina densa, and a lamina lucida?
A. Microfilament
B. Desmosome
C. Fenestrated membrane
D. Basement membrane
E. Plasma membrane
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Question 3) The tissue in which all cells contact the basement membrane, even though some appear (at first glance) to be stacked on top of others, is called ___________ columnar epithelium.
Fill in the blank with correct word.
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Question 4) Which is avascular (lacks blood vessels)?
A. Epithelial tissue
B. Muscle tissue
C. Nervous tissue
D. Connective tissue
E. All of the choices are correct.
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Question 5) Groups of similar cells and extracellular products that carry out a common function are called
A. organs.
B. organ systems.
C. matrices.
D. tissues.
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Question 6) A _____________ epithelium consists of a single layer of flattened cells attached directly to a basement membrane.
A. simple columnar
B. simple squamous
C. simple cuboidal
D. stratified squamous
E. stratified cuboidal
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Question 7) Which of the following is not a function of epithelial tissue?
A. Secretion
B. Physical protection
C. Selective permeability
D. Sensation
E. No exceptions; these are all functions of epithelial tissue
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Question 8) In what tissue would you expect to find very little, if any, extracellular matrix?
A. Muscle tissue
B. Nervous tissue
C. Immune tissue
D. Epithelial tissue
E. Connective tissue
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Question 9) Which feature is not characteristic of epithelial tissue?
A. Polarity
B. Cells connected to each other by intercellular junctions
C. High regeneration capacity
D. Attachment to a basement membrane
E. Large amount of extracellular matrix
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Question 10) . Which tissue type covers body surfaces and lines the inside of organs and body cavities?
A. Muscle
B. Connective
C. Epithelial
D. Nervous
E. None of the choices is correct.
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