A & P Chapter 3 Tissues

Epithelial tissues have one free surface or edge known as ____ surface. 

• apical
• attached
• basement
• matrix

The type of tissue consisting of cells embedded in an extracellular matrix is _____ tissue.

• epithelial
• nervous
• connective
• muscle

______ possess ducts that that transports secretions onto epithelial tissue.

• exocrine
• thyroid
• endocrine
• adrenal

The type of epithelial tissue found lining organs of the digestive system such as the small intestine is 

• pseudostratified columna
• simple cuboidal
• simple squamous
• simple columnar

The cell type found in nervous tissue is the 

• osteocyte
• chondrocyte
• neuron
• fibroblast

______ tissue is commonly called fat.

• reticular
• adipose
• dense fibrous
• bone

A muscle tissue that has no visible striations and has spindle shaped cells.

• cardiac
• smooth
• skeletal
• dense regular

Many layers of flattened cells should be termed _____ epithelial tissue.

• pseudostratified columnar
• stratified columnar
• simple squamous
• stratified squamous

Which type of tissue conducts electrochemical impulses?

• dense tissue
• connective tissue
• muscle tissue
• nervous tissue

Which of the following is not connective tissue?

• blood 
• bone
• cartilage
• skeletal muscle