Cell Growth and Transformation Quiz
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What is the main function of epithelial tissue?

  • Allowing movement and helping substances move through the body
  • Supporting and connecting other tissues
  • Acting as a barrier and aiding in absorption, secretion, and excretion (correct)
  • Transport of oxygen throughout the body
  • Which tissue type is primarily made up of contractile proteins like actin and myosin?

  • Connective tissue
  • Nervous tissue
  • Muscle tissue (correct)
  • Epithelial tissue
  • What happens to cells during hypertrophy?

  • Cells divide rapidly leading to cancerous growth
  • Cells increase in size when the workload increases (correct)
  • Cells decrease in size and number
  • Cells remain the same size despite changes in workload
  • What is the main function of nervous tissue?

    <p>Sensing, processing, and responding to internal and external stimuli</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cellular adaptive change involves cells decreasing in size and number due to decreased work demands?

    <p>Atrophy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of connective tissue?

    <p>Supports and connects other tissues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of an increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue that are capable of mitotic division?

    <p>Metaplasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cell change involves mutation into cells with different size, shape, and appearance, often being precancerous?

    <p>Dysplasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term describes abnormal and excessive tissue growth that can invade other tissues?

    <p>Neoplasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of programmed cell death that occurs at a specific point in development?

    <p>Apoptosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of necrosis involves caustic enzymes dissolving and liquefying necrotic cells, often seen in the brain?

    <p>Liquefaction necrosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of necrosis results from an interruption of blood flow, leading to acidosis and denaturation of cell enzymes?

    <p>Coagulative necrosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

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