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?

Sensing, processing, and responding to internal and external stimuli Signup and view all the answers

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

Atrophy Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of connective tissue?

Supports and connects other tissues 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?

Metaplasia Signup and view all the answers

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

Dysplasia Signup and view all the answers

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

Neoplasia Signup and view all the answers

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

Apoptosis Signup and view all the answers

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

Liquefaction necrosis 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?

Coagulative necrosis Signup and view all the answers

Cell Growth and Transformation Quiz

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What is the main function of epithelial tissue?

Which tissue type is primarily made up of contractile proteins like actin and myosin?

What happens to cells during hypertrophy?

What is the main function of nervous tissue?

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

What is the main function of connective tissue?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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