Tissue Types Flashcards
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Which type of gland secretes its product by shedding the apical portion of the cell?
Answer: Apocrine
Apocrine secretion involves loss of the apical cytoplasm along with the secretory product, as seen in some sweat glands and mammary glands.
Bone is classified as which type of connective tissue?
Answer: Specialized connective tissue
Bone (osseous tissue) is a specialized connective tissue characterized by a calcified extracellular matrix.
What is the primary structural difference between tendons and ligaments at the histological level?
Answer: Tendons have parallel collagen bundles; ligaments have more irregular arrangement
Tendons exhibit highly parallel collagen fiber bundles for unidirectional tensile strength, while ligaments have a slightly more irregular arrangement to resist multidirectional forces.
In a cross-section of skeletal muscle, which connective tissue layer surrounds individual muscle fibers?
Answer: Endomysium
The endomysium is the thin connective tissue layer surrounding each individual skeletal muscle fiber.
Which epithelial type is best adapted for rapid diffusion and filtration due to its extreme thinness?
Answer: Simple squamous
Simple squamous epithelium consists of a single layer of flat cells, minimizing diffusion distance in structures like lung alveoli and capillaries.
Adipose tissue is primarily composed of which cell type?
Answer: Adipocytes
Adipose tissue is specialized connective tissue dominated by adipocytes (fat cells) that store lipid in a large cytoplasmic vacuole.
Microglia in nervous tissue are derived from which lineage?
Answer: Mesoderm (monocyte lineage)
Microglia are derived from mesodermal monocyte precursors and serve as the resident macrophages of the central nervous system.