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ANIMAL ORGANIZATION AND HOMEOSTASIS QUIZ 
NOTE: THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

_____1. Which gives the correct sequence of increasing organizational complexity? 
a) organ, tissue, cell, organ system, organism 
b) cell, organ, organ system, tissue, organism c) cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism 
d) organism, tissue, cell, organ system, organ 
e) tissue, cell, organ system, organism, organ

_____2. Which type of tissue lines body cavities and covers body surfaces? 
a) muscle tissue b) nervous tissue c) epithelial tissue d) connective tissue

_____3. Which type of tissue is responsible for contractions that allow movement of organs or the entire body? 
a) muscle tissue b) nervous tissue c) epithelial
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When discussing homeostasis in body temperature, it is Not true to say that the body responds to 
a) cold by contracting the arrector pili muscles. 
b) cold by contracting skeletal muscles in shivering. 
c) cold by rerouting blood away from the skin. 
d) heat by stimulating sweat release. 
e) heat by constricting the blood vessels in the skin.

_____25. In which of the following structures would one most likely find smooth muscle? 
a) biceps muscle b) heart c) digestive tract d) quadriceps muscle e) gluteus maximus muscle

_____26. One type of cell communicating mechanism allows materials to pass through cells and not between them. 
This is due to the nature of the cells being in direct contact with each other. An example would be found in the 
epithelial cells of the gut and is known as a(n) 
a) tight junction b) gap junction c) plasmodesmata d) adhesion junction e) desmosome

_____27. Haversian canals and a matrix of crystals of calcium phosphate would be found in 
a) teeth b) nails c) hooves d) bone e) cartilage

_____28. Cuboidal epithelium would be found 
a) in the walls of the heart. 
b) in the knees and other joints as well as in the nose and tracheal rings. 
c) on the surface of the skin. 
d) lining glands and kidney tubules, and covering the ovaries. 
e) in tendons and the sheath around voluntary

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