1. | It covers the external surface of the body and the internal surface of many organs. |
2. | The neighbouring cells are held together by cell junctions and there is very little extracellular material. |
3. | The epithelial cells rest on a cellular basement membrane that separates it from underlying connective tissue. |
4. | There is no blood vessel supplying the nutrients to the epithelial cells. |
Identify the incorrectly matched pair:
Type of epithelium | Location | |
1. | Simple squamous | Blood vessels and alveoli |
2. | Simple cuboidal non brush bordered epithelium | Proximal convoluted tubule |
3. | Columnar epithelium | Stomach and small intestine |
4. | Ciliated epithelium | Bronchioles and fallopian tubes |
Unicellular glands located in the alimentary canal are called as:
1. | Paneth cells | 2. | Peyer’s patches |
3. | Goblet cells | 4. | Histiocytes |
What type of epithelial cell junctions facilitate the cells to communicate with each other?
1. Gap junctions
2. Adhering junctions
3. Tight junctions
4. Plasmodesmata
The cells in areolar loose connective tissue that can secrete histamine are:
1. | Fibroblasts | 2. | Macrophages |
3. | Mast cells | 4. | Basophils |
Tendons attach:
1. Skeletal muscle to bone | 2. Bone to bone |
3. Muscle to muscle | 4. Smooth muscle to bone |
The type of connective tissue present in skin is:
1. | Loose connective tissue |
2. | Dense irregular connective tissue |
3. | Dense regular connective tissue |
4. | Specialized connective tissue |
All the following are termed as specialized connective tissue except:
1. Blood | 2. Tendon |
3. Bone | 4. Cartilage |
The type of tissue present in the tip of the nose, outer ear joints and between adjacent bones of the vertebral column is a/an:
1. | ligament | 2. | dense connective tissue |
3. | cartilage | 4. | adipose tissue |
Communication junctions found at some fusion points that allow the cardiac muscle cells to contract as a unit are called as:
1. Intercalated discs
2. Sarcolemma
3. Nodes of Ranvier
4. Motor end plates