Animal Tissues
Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
1. The term histology was introduced by
(a) Huxley
(b) Bateson
(c) Mayer
(d) Harvey
Answer: (c) Mayer
2. Where would you find pseudostratified columnar epithelium?
(a) mouth
(b) epidermis
(c) kidney
(d) trachea
Answer: (d) trachea
3. Epithelial tissues which consists of broad and flat, disc-like cells closely fitted like of a mosaic floor and lines blood vessels is known as
(a) squamous epithelium
(b) epidermal cells
(c) endothelium
(d) pavement cells
Answer: (c) endothelium
4. The inner surface of large intestine is lined with
(a) muscular tissue
(b) glandular epithelium
(c) mucosa
(d) cuticle
Answer: (b) glandular epithelium
5. Alveoli of mammalian lung are lined with
(a) simple cuboidal epithelium
(b) ciliated columnar epithelium
(c) simple squamous epithelium
(d) ciliated cuboidal epithelium
Answer: (c) simple squamous epithelium
6. Serous membrane covering the lungs is
(a) pleura
(b) peritoneum
(c) pericardium
(d) serosa
Answer: (a) pleura
7. Sebum oil is secreted by
(a) sweat glands
(b) mucous glands
(c) sebaceous glands
(d) cardiac glands
Answer: (a) sweat glands
8. Endometrium is the cellular innermost layer of
(a) blood vessels
(b) uterus
(c) intestine
(d) bones
Answer: (a) blood vessels
9. Mammary glands are
(a) modified sweat glands
(b) endocrine glands
(c) sebaceous glands
(d) alveolar glands
Answer: (a) modified sweat glands
10. Tunica albuginea covers
(a) testis
(b) prostate
(c) uterus
(d) ovum
Answer: (a) testis
11. Horn of Rhinoceros or snout are produced by
(a) stratum corneum
(b) bone
(c) muscles
(d) cartilage
Answer: (a) stratum corneum
12. Where would you find a mast cells?
(a) adipose tissue
(b) areolar tissue
(c) yellow fibrous tissue
(d) white fibrous tissue
Answer: (b) areolar tissue
13. Which of the following cells secrete histamine in areolar tissue?
(a) histiocytes
(b) macrophages
(c) osteocytes
(d) mast cells
Answer: (d) mast cells
14. Name the substance involved in allergic and inflammatory reactions
(a) histamine
(b) histone
(c) collagen
(d) protamine
Answer: (a) histamine
15. Fibrous tissue which connects the two bones is
(a) adipose tissue
(b) tendon
(c) connective tissue
(d) ligament
Answer: (d) ligament
16. The tissue which connects bone with muscle is known as
(a) tendon
(b) adipose tissue
(c) ligament
(d) fibrous tissue
Answer: (a) tendon
17. Camel’s hump is composed of tissue which provides water when oxidized. It is
(a) skeletal tissue
(b) areolar tissue
(c) adipose tissue
(d) muscular tissue
Answer: (c) adipose tissue
18. White fibrous tissue occurs in
(a) bone
(b) ligament
(c) tendon
(d) adipose tissue
Answer: (c) tendon
19. The membrane covering cartilage is known as
(a) periosteum
(b) perichondrium
(c) tunica tercia
(d) peritoneum
Answer: (b) perichondrium
20. Which one of the cartilage helps in the easy birth of young ones without damage to pelvic girdle?
(a) hyaline cartilage
(b) fibrous cartilage
(c) elastic cartilage
(d) all the above
Answer: (a) hyaline cartilage
21. Red bone marrow is found in
(a) shaft of long bones
(b) liver
(c) epiphysis of long bone
(d) flat bones of skull
Answer: (a) shaft of long bones
22. The intervertebral discs between the mammalian vertebrae are formed of
(a) connective tissue
(b) hyaline cartilage
(c) fibrous tissue
(d) calcified cartilage
Answer: (c) fibrous tissue
23. The crown of tooth is covered with
(a) chitin
(b) dentine
(c) cartilage
(d) enamel
Answer: (d) enamel
24. The percentage of inorganic and organic salts in the matrix of bone is
(a) 80% inorganic and 20% organic
(b) 60% inorganic and 40% organic
(c) 70% inorganic and 30% organic
(d) 75% inorganic and 25% organic
Answer: (c) 70% inorganic and 30% organic
25. Haversian system is present the bones of
(a) mammals
(b) fishes
(c) frog
(d) bird
Answer: (a) mammals
26. The bone marrow is composed of
(a) areolar tissue and adipose tissue
(b) adipose tissue and calcified cartilage
(c) adipose tissue, areolar tissue and blood vessels
(d) adipose tissue and haemopoetic tissue
Answer: (d) adipose tissue and haemopoetic tissue
27. Blood cells are formed in the bone marrow. The process is known as
(a) haemopoiesis
(b) haemolysis
(c) lymphopoiesis
(d) erythroblastosis
Answer: (a) haemopoiesis
28. A bone is distinguished from cartilage by the presence of
(a) Collagen fibres
(b) Lymph vessels
(c) Haversian canals
(d) Calcified matrix
Answer: (d) Calcified matrix
29. Sarcolema is the membrane around
(a) nerve fibre
(b) muscle fibre
(c) collagen fibres
(d) heart
Answer: (b) muscle fibre
30. What name is given to the cytoplasm of myofibril?
(a) ectoplasm
(b) ectosarc
(c) sarcoplasm
(d) neuroplasm
Answer: (c) sarcoplasm
31. Sarcomere is a functional unit of muscle fibre, it is the distance between
(a) Z line and A band
(b) two Z lines
(c) D band and H band
(d) A band and I band
Answer: (b) two Z lines
32. Dark anisotropic band in muscle fibre is known as
(a) J band
(b) H band
(c) Z line
(d) A band
Answer: (d) A band
33. Junction between muscle fibres and motor nerve is known as
(a) neuromotor junction
(b) end plate
(c) synapsis
(d) neuromuscular junction
Answer: (d) neuromuscular junction
34. One of the following elements is essential for contraction of muscles
(a) sodium
(b) Manganese
(c) calcium
(d) potassium
Answer: (c) calcium
35. Sliding filament theory of muscle contraction was given by
(a) H.E Huxley and A.F. Huxley
(b) Landsteiner
(c) Cori and Cori
(d) Albert Szent Gyorgi
Answer: (a) H.E Huxley and A.F. Huxley
36. Stimulating intensity at which the muscle begins to show response is called
(a) twitch
(b) all-or-none rule
(c) threshold intensity
(d) latent period
Answer: (c) threshold intensity
37. Muscle tone is defined as
(a) voluntary resistance to passive strength
(b) stimulated resistance to passive strength
(c) involuntary resistance to passive strength
(d) none of these
Answer: (c) involuntary resistance to passive strength
38. When repeatedly stimulated, the muscles become gradually less excitable and ultimately ceases to respond. This is called
(a) fatigue
(b) atrophy
(c) rigor mortis
(d) hypertrophy
Answer: (a) fatigue
39. During rigor mortis there is
(a) permanent irreversible contraction
(b) establishment of permanent link between actin and myosin
(c) loss of ATP
(d) all the above
Answer: (d) all the above
40. The muscles which do not get fatigued are
(a) striped muscle
(b) unstriped muscles
(c) cardiac muscles
(d) none
Answer: (c) cardiac muscles
41. Cardiac muscles have the properties of
(a) striated muscles
(b) unstriated muscles
(c) both striated and unstriated muscles
(d) none of the above
Answer: (a) striated muscles
42. The wall of heart is thick due to
(a) epicardium
(b) myocardium
(c) pericardium
(d) endocardium
Answer: (b) myocardium
43. In man there is no cell division after birth in
(a) skeletal tissue
(b) connective tissue
(c) germinal tissue
(d) nervous tissue
Answer: (d) nervous tissue
44. Unipolar nerve cells are found in
(a) brain
(b) retina
(c) cochlea
(d) vertebrate embryo
Answer: (d) vertebrate embryo
45. A nerve is a bundle of
(a) ganglia
(b) dendrites
(c) synapsis
(d) axon
Answer: (d) axon
46. Nerve fibres differ from muscle fibres in having
(a) sarcolemma
(b) dark and light bands
(c) myofibril
(d) dendrites
Answer: (d) dendrites
47. Sheath nuclei or Schwann cells and nodes of Ranvier are found in
(a) osteoblast cells
(b) neurons
(c) myelinated nerve fibres
(d) none
Answer: (c) myelinated nerve fibres
48. Shivering of body and clattering of teeth in winter may be associated with
(a) thermoregulation
(b) vasoconstriction
(c) vasodilation
(d) sweating
Answer: (a) thermoregulation
49. What happens during exercise?
(a) glucose is converted into glycogen
(b) fat is converted into proteins
(c) glucose is converted into proteins
(d) pyruvic acid is converted into lactic acid
Answer: (d) pyruvic acid is converted into lactic acid
50. Nature of mammary glands is
(a) exocrine
(b) mesocrine
(c) merocrine
(d) holocrine
Answer: (a) exocrine