Tissue: Epithelial Classification

Which is NOT a shape of epithelial cells?

• cuboidal
• columnar
• squamous
• circular

This term means "a single layer".

• squamous
• stratified
• simple
• transitional

This type of epithelium changes shape

• squamous
• cuboidal
• columnar
• transitional

• Fibrocartilage
• Stratified squamous epithelium
• Simple columnar epithelium
• Elastic connective tissue

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

• Dense regular connective
• Stratified squamous epithelium
• Pseudostratified ciliated epithelium
• Fibrocartilage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

Tissue that is *very thin and permeable *very slick. Location: *lines the inside of all blood vessels (endothelium).

• Simple Squamous Epithelium
• Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
• Stratified Squamous Epithelium
• Transitional Epithelium

This is the general name for any tissue that covers body surfaces, lines body cavities, and forms glands

• Connective Tissue
• Epithelial Tissus
• Muscular Tissue
• Nervous Tissue

The type of epithelial tissue that is present in ONLY the urinary tract and has the unique property of its ability to stretch and return back to its original shape is called:

• simple squamous epithelium
• stratified cuboidal epithelium
• transitional epithelium
• simple cuboidal epithelium

Which of the following is NOT true about epithelial tissue?

• it forms glandular tissue
• it is well vascularized and has a good blood supply
• one side rests on a basement membrane
• it forms continuous cellular sheets

Used in places needing protection from scrapes and abrasions such as the skin and esophagus

• Cuboidal
• Pseudostratified
• Simple Squamous
• Stratified Squamous