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Biology 4
Sample Exam Questions
Chapter 3
Choose the best answer for each question. There is only 1 answer for each question.
1. Which of the following is not one of the four basic types of body tissues?
a. epithelial tissue
b. connective tissue
c. brain tissue
d. muscle tissue
2. Skeletal muscle tissue is found
a. in the walls of the intestines
b. attached to the skeleton
c. in the heart
d. none of the above are true
3. Fibrocytes are classified as
a. epithelial tissue cells
b. muscle tissuecells
c. connective tissue cells
d. nervous tissue cells
4. ____________ support nervous tissue, whereas ____________
conduct the electrical impulses.
a. leucocytes, erythrocytes
b. axons, dendrites
c. neuroglia, neurons
d. proteins, lipids
5. Collagen fibers are proteins that are particularly abundant in
a. epithelium
b. muscle
c. nervous tissue
d. cartilage
6. Striated muscle with intercalated discs indicate muscle cells
a. found in the intestine
b. under involuntary control
c. found in the heart
d. b and c are correct
7. The lacunae of cartilage contain
a. osteocytes
b. chondrocytes
c. collagen fibers
d. matrix
8. Which gland is classified as an endocrine gland?
a. One that secretes its products through ducts or to the surface of the body
b. One that secretes its products directly into the blood
9. Which of the following is a true statement regarding formed elements of the blood?
a. Erythrocytes have no nucleus
b. Leukocytes have no nucleus
c. Thrombocytes have no nucleus
d. b and c are correct
10. Most glands and their ducts are lined by
a. loose connective tissue
b. simple cuboidal epithelium
c. simple squamous epithelium
d. capillaries
e. none of the above