Histology 101

What are the four types of tissues in the human body? (Select all that apply)

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nervous

How do we classify epithelial tissue?

• Shape

• Shape and number of layers

• Counting the number of individual cells

• Squamous

What is histology?

• Study of organs

• Study of different types of tissue

• Study of histamines

• Study of skin

What does pseudostratified mean?

• Many layers of cells

• Single layer that looks like many layers of cells

• Single layer of cells

• No layer of cells

What is the most abundant type of tissue in the human body?

• Nervous

• Muscle

• Connective

• Epithelial

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

• cardiac

• smooth

• skeletal

• biceps femoris

Striations can be seen in which type of muscle tissues?

• Smooth and cardiac

• smooth and skeletal

• skeletal and cardiac

• Cardiac only

In which body structure would we find smooth muscle?

• Heart

• hamstring muscles

• bladder

• skin

Nervous tissue is found in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves and is responsible for communication.

• true

• false

What type of muscle tissues is "involuntary muscle?"

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

• Smooth

• None