Epithelial Tissues

What are the main types of tissues?

• Muscle

• Nervous

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Blood

Layers or groups of similar cells with a common function

• Tissues

• Organs

• Organ systems

• Molecules

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

Histology

• The study of cells

• The study of the human body

• The study of tissues

• The study of past events

Which part of epithelial tissue faces toward the outside?

• Basement membrane

• Free surface

• Extracellular matrix

• Nucleus

Which part of epithelial tissue attaches it to the connective tissue below?

• Basement membrane

• Free surface

• Extracellular matrix

• Nucleus

Thin, flattened cells

• Squamous

• Cuboidal

• Columnar

• Helix

Cube-like cells

• Squamous

• Cuboidal

• Columnar

• Helix

Tall, rectangular cells

• Squamous

• Cuboidal

• Columnar

• Helix

A single layer of cells

• Basic

• Complex

• Simple

• Stratified

Two or more layers of cells

• Basic

• Complex

• Simple

• Stratified

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-2