Choose the best answer.

1			Which of the following is NOT one of the four primary tissue classes?
			A)	epithelial
			B)	connective
			C)	nervous
			D)	muscular
			E)	blood
2			The matrix (extracellular material) is composed of ___________ .
			A)	cells
			B)	fibrous proteins
			C)	ground substance
			D)	fibrous proteins and ground substance
			E)	cells, fibrous proteins, and ground substance
3			Imagine when viewing a histological section, you do not see a nucleus. What is the most likely explanation?
			A)	Most cells making up a tissue do not have a nucleus.
			B)	Although most cells making up a tissue do have a nucleus, the cells in this particular tissue do not have a nucleus.
			C)	The histological section missed the nucleus.
4			Epithelial cells have an abundance of extracellular material between them.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5			The surface of an epithelial cell that faces the basement membrane is called its apical surface.
			A)	True
			B)	False
6			In simple epithelia, every cell touches the basement membrane.
			A)	True
			B)	False
7			What is the protective, multilayered epithelium that has squamous cells at its surface and columnar cells at its deepest layer on the basement membrane?
			A)	simple squamous
			B)	simple columnar
			C)	stratified squamous
			D)	stratified columnar
8			Generally, connective tissue has an abundance of matrix between the cells.
			A)	True
			B)	False
9			The plasma cells found in connective tissue produce histamine that dilates blood vessels and increase blood flow.
			A)	True
			B)	False
10			Which one of the following is not a loose connective tissue?
			A)	areolar tissue
			B)	adipose tissue
			C)	reticular tissue
			D)	yellow elastic tissue
11			Which tissue forms most of the dermis of the skin and has its dense collagen fibers running in different directions?
			A)	stratified squamous
			B)	areolar tissue
			C)	dense irregular connective tissue
			D)	dense regular connective tissue
12			Which type of cartilage has such fine, dispersed collagen fibers that they are not usually visible under the light microscope?
			A)	fibrocartilage
			B)	elastic cartilage
			C)	hyaline cartilage
13			The dry weight of bone tissue is composed of almost 100% minerals (mainly calcium salts).
			A)	True
			B)	False
14			Which tissue or tissues are considered excitable tissues?
			A)	epithelial and connective tissues
			B)	muscular tissue
			C)	nervous tissue
			D)	muscular and nervous tissues
15			In which type of muscular tissue(s) do you find striations?
			A)	smooth muscle
			B)	skeletal muscle
			C)	cardiac muscle
			D)	skeletal and cardiac muscle
16			Holocrine glands secrete by exocytosis.
			A)	True
			B)	False
17			Mucous membranes line passageways open to the exterior.
			A)	True
			B)	False
18			Most tissue growth in the embryo and during childhood occurs by hypertrophy, the enlargement of preexisting cells.
			A)	True
			B)	False
19			Regeneration is the replacement of damaged tissue with scar tissue.
			A)	True
			B)	False