Intro to tissues and epithelium

Intro to tissues and epithelium

by Colleen Barrett

Multiple Choice

The four types of tissue are

• muscle, transitional, epithelial, connective

• muscle, nervous, epithelial, connective

• muscle, epithelial, connective, squamous

• cardiac, transitional, epithelial, connective

Multiple Choice

Nervous tissue

• Tissue that is responsible for lining and covering 
• Tissue responsible for protecting, supporting, and binding together other body tissues
• Tissues that contracts and shortens to produce movement
• Tissue that receives and conducts electrochemical impulses from one part of the body to another

Multiple Choice

Epithelial tissue is

• Bone, cartilage,dense connective tissue, loose connective tissue, and blood
• Highly specialized tissue that contracts or shortens to produce movement
• Lining and covering tissue of the body such as skin

Multiple Choice

This type of tissue includes ligaments, tendons, and cartilage

• epithelial
• connective
• muscular
• nervous

Multiple Choice

Tissues work together and make up

• cells

• organelles

• molecules

• organs

• ​Avascular

• ​Reproduces quickly

• ​Tightly packed

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are NOT true of Epithelial tissue?

• attaches to connective tissues via a basement membrane

• has a rich blood supply

• has a high rate of cell division

• has little extracellular space between cells

​Cell Shapes

Multiple Choice

Squamous cells are

• tall
• square
• flat
• layered

Multiple Choice

Epithelial tissue is NOT classified by shape.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

All the following are epithelial cell shapes EXCEPT

• cubodial

• squamous

• columnar

• triangular

​Cell Layers

Multiple Choice

The two ways to classify epithelium cells are

• number and size

• shape and color

• shape and number of layers

• color and number

​Stratified Cuboidal

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​Stratified Columnar

Multiple Choice

What type of glands secrete their products directly into the bloodstream?

• Sebaceous

• Sudoriferous

• Endocrine

• Exocrine