Which Tissue Is Characterized by a Basement Membrane and a Single

question 91

Multiple Choice

Which tissue is characterized by a basement membrane and a single layer of flattened cells with a free surface?

• A) Connective tissue
• B) Stratified epithelium
• C) Muscle tissue
• D) Simple epithelium
• E) Undifferentiated tissue

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Definitions:

Translation

Translation is a biological process by which messenger RNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will fold into an active protein.

mRNA

Messenger ribonucleic acid, a type of RNA that conveys genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where they specify the amino acid sequence of the protein products of gene expression.

Ribosome

A ribosome is a cellular organelle that synthesizes proteins by translating messenger RNA into amino acid sequences.

Anticodon

Three-base sequence in a transfer RNA molecule base that pairs with a complementary codon in mRNA.