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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			When viewing a histological section during lab, 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			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
5			Which one of the following is NOT a loose connective tissue?
			A)	Areolar tissue
			B)	Adipose tissue
			C)	Reticular tissue
			D)	Yellow elastic tissue
6			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
7			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
8			Which tissue or tissues are considered excitable tissues?
			A)	Epithelial and connective tissues
			B)	Muscular tissue
			C)	Nervous tissue
			D)	Muscular and nervous tissues
9			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
10			Masses of similar cells and cell products that form a discrete region of an organ and perform a specific function are called ____________________.
			A)	cells
			B)	tissues
			C)	organs
			D)	organ systems
11			A tissue cut in the long direction is called a ____________________ section.
			A)	longitudinal
			B)	cross
			C)	transverse
			D)	oblique
12			This type of tissue is composed of elongated excitable cells specialized for contraction. What is this tissue called?
			A)	Nervous
			B)	Connective
			C)	Epithelial
			D)	Muscular
13			What is the name of the tissue that is composed of one or more layers that either cover or form the secretory tissue and ducts of a gland?
			A)	Nervous
			B)	Connective
			C)	Epithelial
			D)	Muscular
14			Which is NOT a simple type of epithelia?
			A)	Squamous
			B)	Cuboidal
			C)	Biconcave
			D)	Columnar
15			What is the name of the epithelia that is a unique type of simple epithelia and appears to have many layers but does not?
			A)	Pseudostratified columnar
			B)	Transitional
			C)	Microscopic
			D)	Representative
16			In this type of epithelia not every cell comes into contact with the basement membrane. What is this type of epithelial called?
			A)	Simple
			B)	Stratified
			C)	Squamous
			D)	Square
17			The tissue that has cells that occupy less space than the extracellular material and mostly binds organs together is called ____________________ tissue.
			A)	nervous
			B)	connective
			C)	epithelial
			D)	muscular
18			Which is NOT a category of connective tissue?
			A)	Fibrous connective tissue
			B)	Supportive connective tissue
			C)	Fluid connective tissue
			D)	Mineral connective tissue
19			What is the type of connective tissue called that is the body's primary energy reservoir?
			A)	Adipose
			B)	Elastic
			C)	Reticular
			D)	Blood
20			This type of connective tissue is found at the end of most long bones to give smoothness. What is it called?
			A)	Bone
			B)	Cartilage
			C)	Adipose
			D)	Blood
21			The liquid connective tissue is called ____________________.
			A)	adipose
			B)	cartilage
			C)	bone
			D)	blood
22			What is the name of the tissue that specializes in rapid communication from place to place?
			A)	Nervous
			B)	Connective
			C)	Epithelial
			D)	Muscular
23			Which is NOT a type of muscle tissue?
			A)	Skeletal
			B)	Axonal
			C)	Cardiac
24			What is the name of the glands that contain a duct to the outside of the body or tubule?
			A)	Endocrine
			B)	Membranous
			C)	Muscularis
			D)	Exocrine
25			Most tissue growth is due to _______________ during the embryonic and childhood years.
			A)	hypertrophy
			B)	neoplasia
			C)	hyperplasia
			D)	atrophy