All the following statements regarding epithelial tissues are correct except

(1) the cells are completely packed with little intercellular matrix

(2) they do not have a vascular supply of their own

(3) cell junctions are very well developed in epithelial cells

(4) they rest on a cellular basement membrane

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium with stereocilia are located in

(1) Trachea

(2) Vas Deferens

(3) Epididymis

(4) Endometrium

The epithelium that is lining the organs that are subjected to stress or sometimes that can stretch are expected to have numerous

(1) Desmosomes

(2) Gap Junctions

(3) Tight Junctions

(4) basement junctions

In which of the following types of gland, secretions are formed by the breakdown of entire cells

(1) Endocrine

(2) Holocrine

(3) Merocrine

(4) Autocrine

What type of epithelium is the Urothelium?

(1) simple squamous

(2) stratified squamous keratinized

(3) pseudo-stratified non ciliated

(4) transitional

An important function of the epithelium is secretion. Which cell organelle would be most important in such secretory epithelial cells

(1) Mitochondria

(2) endoplasmic reticulum

(3) Golgi apparatus

(4) Lysosomes

Epithelial cells are connected to basement membrane by

(1) Tight junctions

(2) Adherens Junctions

(3) Desmosomes

(4) Hemidesmosomes

Histamine in blood is released by

(1) Mast cells

(2) Macrophages

(3) Eosinophils

(4) Basophils

Which of the following connective tissues is avascular, is aneural and has limited repair capabilities

(1) Cartilage

(2) Bone

(3) Ligament

(4) Tendon

Apart from the hematopoietic cells, bone marrow is largely composed of

(1) areolar tissue

(2) adipose tissue

(3) white fibrous tissue

(4) epithelium