Body Tissues

Single layer of flattened cells with disc-shaped central nuclei; the simplest of the epithelium.

• simple cuboidal

• simple squamous

• simple columnar

• stratified squamous

What tissue type is this

• dense connective

• smooth muscle

• cardiac muscle

• areolar tissue

Location: Under skin; around kidney and eyeballs; in bones and within abdomen; in breasts.

• bone

• areolar

• simple columnar

• adipose

• blood

• adipose

• simple squamous

• stratified cuboidal

Wraps and cushions organs; its macrophages phagocytize bacteria; plays important role in inflammation; holds and conveys tissue fluid.

• adipose

• pseudostratified squamous

• areolar

• dense connective

The nucleoplasm and cytosol make up the ________ fluid.

• extracellular fluid

• intracellular fluid

• intercellular fluid

• nuclear

The movement of substances through the cell membrane against their concentration gradient is a type of ________ process

• active

• passive

• diffusion

• filtration

• blood

• reticular

• Areolar

• bone

Epithelial tissues have one free surface or edge known as the ________ surface.

• basal

• apical

• free

• basement

• cardiac muscle

• dense connective

• skeletal muscle

• smooth muscle