This document contains a self-quiz about identifying different types of tissues under a microscope, including epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, neural tissue, connective tissue, and bone tissue. The questions test identification of tissues from the cheek, heart, brain, arm, and other body locations, as well as cellular structures like nuclei, cell membranes, striations, and intercalated discs. Key tissues identified include skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, neurons, adipose tissue, bone, and cartilage.

1. Self Quiz
Tissue Identification
(Do this quiz AFTER the microscope lab!)

2. 1.
What type of tissue is this?
A. muscle
B. neural
C. epithelial
D. connective

3. 2.
These cells were scraped from the inside of
someone’s cheek. What type of tissue are they?
A. muscle
B. neural
C. epithelial
D. connective

4. 3.
What are the dark-stained structures visible in
the centers of these cells?
A. mitochondria
B. nuclei
C. food
D. intercalated discs

5. 4.
What is the dark-stained line surrounding each
cell?
A. an intercalated disc
B. A nucleus
C. a basement membrane
D. a cell membrane

6. 5.
What type of tissue is this?
A. muscle
B. neural
C. epithelial
D. connective

7. 6.
What tissue is this?
A. bone
B. neural
C. smooth muscle
D. adipose

8. 7.
What feature of skeletal muscle is clearly visible
in this microscope photograph?
A. intercalated discs
B. cell membranes
C. striations
D. lipid storage

9. 8.
Where is this type of muscle found?
A.in the heart
B.in the brain
C.in the arm
D.in the walls of hollow organs

10. 9.
What are the dark, horizontal line structures in
this tissue sample?
A.nuclei
B.cell membranes
C.axons
D.intercalated discs

11. 10.
What kind of muscle tissue is this?
A.cardiac muscle
B.smooth muscle
C.skeletal muscle
D.tendon

12. 11.
A neuron can be up to _____________ long.
A.9 feet
B.39 inches
C.10 inches
D.100 inches

13. 12.
The longest part of a neuron is called ______.
A. the axon
B. the cell body
C. a dendrite
D. an intercalated disc

14. 13.
The smallest muscle cells in the body are:
A. adipose
B. skeletal muscle
C. smooth muscle
D. up to 10” long

15. 14.
This connective tissue does not usually divide
after puberty:
A. adipose
B. bone
C. cartilage
D. cardiac muscle