Which type of tissue forms glands?

  • Nervous

  • Epithelium

  • Muscular

  • Connective

Observe the following figures:

Figure A and B indicate glands while Figure C indicates specific type of tissues. Identify these figures:

 

      A

      B

      C

(1)

Unicellular gland

Multicellular gland

Compound epithelium

(2)

Unicellular gland

Multicellular gland   

Pseudostratified epithelium

(3)  

Multicellular gland   

Unicellular gland

Pseudostratified epithelium

(4)

Unicellular gland

Goblet gland

Pseudostratified epithelium

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Which of the following statement is false about the compound epithelium?

I. It consists of several layers

II. It covers the dry surface of the skin, the moist surface of buccal cavity, pharynx, inner lining of ducts of salivary glands and pancreatic ducts

III. It provides protection against chemical and mechanical stresses

IV. Being multilayered it has a great role in secretion and absorption

  • Only II

  • Only IV

  • Only I and IV

  • Only II

Which of the following is not true of connective tissue?

I. Connective tissues are most abundant and widely distributed in the body of complex animals

II. They connect and support other tissues

III. They include such diverse tissues as bone. cartilage, tendons, adipose and loose connective tissues

IV. They form the internal and external lining of many organs

V. In all connective tissues except blood, the cells secrete fibres of structural proteins called collagen or elastin

  • Only IV

  • Only V

  • Only I and II

  • Only III and V

Which of the following contains the largest quantity of extracellular materials?

  • Striated muscles

  • Areolar connective tissue

  • Striated epithelium

  • Myelinated nerve fibres

The major constituent of connective tissue is:

  • Lipid

  • Carbohydrates

  • Cholesterol

  • Collagen

Which of the following cells are found in areolar connective tissue?

  • Mast cells

  • Macrophage

  • Fibroblast

  • All are correct

Role of adipose cells in adipose tissue is to:

  • Dissolve fat

  • Produce fat

  • Store fat

  • None of these

Which of the following is false?

  • Adipose tissue is located mainly below skin

  • Tendon consists of white fibrous tissue

  • Tendon connects a bone with another bone

  • Ligaments connect a bone with another bone

Which of the following are the three basic components of all type of connective tissue except blood?

  • Cells, fibres and ground substances

  • Fibroblast, reticular fibres and collagen

  • Mast cells, lymphocytes and adipocyte

  • Arteries, veins and capillaries

Which of the following is the predominant cell type in connective tissue proper?

  • Fibroblasts

  • Lymphocytes

  • Macrophages

  • Mast cells

Collagen fibres are secreted by:

  • Fibroblast

  • Mast cells

  • Histocyte

  • Macrophages

In the below diagram of areolar connective tissue, the different cells and parts have been indicated by alphabets.

Choose the answer in which these alphabets correctly match with the parts and cells they indicate:

 

   A

   B

   C

   D

(1)  

Adipocyte

Collagen fibres

Microfilament

Mast cells

(2)

Macrophage

Collagen fibres

Microfilament

Mast cells

(3)

Macrophage  

Collagen fibres  

Microtubule

RBC

(4)

Macrophage

Fibroblast

Collagen fibres  

Mast cells

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Identify figure-I and II respectively:

  • Dense regular connective tissue, dense irregular connective tissue

  • Dense irregular connective tissue, dense regular connective tissue

  • Adipose tissue, specialised connective tissue

  • Connective tissue proper, specialized connective tissue

Bone forming cells are:

  • Osteoclasts

  • Osteoblasts

  • Chondroblast

  • Chondroclasts

Cells of cartilage (chondrocyte) are enclosed in small cavities within the matrix secreted by:

  • Osteoclast

  • Osteoblast

  • Chondrocyte

  • Chondroclasts

Identify figure-I and II, structures A and B respectively? Figures are related with specialised connective tissues:

 

Fig. I

Fig. II

   A

   B

(1) 

Cartilage  

Bone

Collagen

Chondrocyte

(2)

Cartilage

Bone

Collagen

Chondroclast

(3)

Cartilage

Bone

Microtubule

Chondroclast

(4)

Bone

Cartilage  

Collagen fibres  

Oesteoblast

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Which among the following is incorrect regarding connective tissue ?

  • They are named so because they link and support other tissues of the body.

  • They are most abundant tissue in the body of complex animals.

  • Adipose tissue is a type of dense connective tissue.

  • All connective tissues except blood secrete collagen or elastin.

Which type of tissue cells secrete fibres of structural proteins called collagen or elastin ?

  • Loose connective tissue

  • All connective tissues

  • Blood

  • All connective tissues except blood

Strength, elasticity and flexibility to tissues is provided by the fibres of :

  • Elastin

  • Adipose tissue

  • Elastin and collagen

  • Areolar tissue

Modified polysaccharides in between cells which act as matrix are secreted by :

  • Blood cells

  • Elastin

  • Mast cells of areolar tissue

  • All connective tissues except blood

Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding areolar tissue?

  • It serves as a supporting framework for epithelium.

  • The cells and fibres are loosely arranged in a semi-fluid ground substance.

  • The collagen fibres are present in rows between many parallel bundles of fibres.

  • Mast cells, fibroblasts and macrophages are its components.

Identify the following cells in a specialised connective tissue:

 

    A

    B

   C

(1)  

Macrophage   

Adipocyte

Platelets

(2)

WBC

RBC

Platelets

(3)

RBC

WBC

Platelets

(4)

Adipocyte

Chondroclast   

Platelets

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Each muscle is composed of many long, cylindrical fibres arranged in parallel arrays. These fibres are composed of numerous fine fibrils, called:

  • Microfilament

  • Myofibrils

  • Microtubule

  • Sarcoplasm

Which of the following statements is correct about the cardiac muscles?

I. It is present in heart only

II. The plasma membranes of adjacent cardiac cells interlock at intercalated disc

III. The intercalated disc contains desmosome (adhering and gap junction)

IV. Gap junctions allow the cardiac cells to contract as a unit

  • All are correct

  • None of these

  • II and IV only

  • I and II only

Nervous tissue is made up of neurons and neuroglial cells. Point out which of the following statement about these two cells is false:

I. Neuroglia make up more than one-half the volume of neural tissue in our body

II. Neuroglia protect and support neurons

III. When a neuron is suitably stimulated, an electrical disturbance is generated which swiftly travels along its cytosol

IV. This disturbance at the neuron endings triggers stimulation or inhibition of adjacent neurons or other cells

  • Only I and IV

  • Only II and III

  • Only III

  • Only IV

The epithelium of air sacs of lungs and the walls of blood vessels is:

  • Simple cuboidal epithelium

  • Simple squamous epithelium

  • Stratified squamous epithelium

  • Simple columnar epithelium

Which of the following type of cell junction is not found in animal tissues:

  • Desmosome

  • Tight junction

  • Gap junction

  • Plasmodesmata

Muscles of intestine and blood vessels are:

  • Involuntary and smooth

  • Voluntary and smooth

  • Involuntary and striated

  • Voluntary and striated

Intercalated discs are the communication junctions between the cells of:

  • Cardiac muscles

  • Striped muscles

  • Adipose tissue

  • Nerve and Striated muscles

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