Cellular Transport Processes Quiz

What is the cellular mechanism for taking up specific target molecules?

Which component of the cell suspends the other elements and contains water, nutrients, and solutes?

What cellular process involves the cell 'gulping' droplets of extracellular fluid?

Which of these is not a component of the cytoplasm?

Which process involves the plasma membrane forming a tiny pit or 'cup' to engulf extracellular fluid?

What are the chemical substances that may or may not be present in the cytoplasm depending on the cell type?

Which connective tissue type has the most rigid structure?

What is the main component of bone tissue that contributes to its exceptional hardness?

Which connective tissue type is composed mostly of cells, making the matrix soft?

Which type of connective tissue has few cells and large amounts of hard matrix?

Which type of connective tissue enables the formation of a soft packing tissue around organs to bear weight and withstand stretching?

In which connective tissue type do osteocytes sit in cavities called lacunae surrounded by hard matrix?

What type of tissue is considered a connective tissue since it contains blood cells surrounded by a nonliving matrix called blood plasma?

Which type of muscle tissue is found only in the heart wall and contracts involuntarily?

Which type of muscle tissue is tapered at both ends, contracts more slowly, and lasts longer?

What is the main function of nervous tissue?

Which type of tissue involves repair by dense (fibrous) connective tissue and the formation of scar tissue?

What are the fibers of blood made of that become visible only during blood clotting?

Which type of muscle tissue is highly specialized to contract or shorten in order to generate the force required for movement?

What is the primary function of smooth (visceral) muscle in the body?

"Neuroglia" are supporting cells found in which type of body tissue?

What kind of motion is responsible for moving food through the small intestine?