Tissues

What is the function of epithelial cells?

• Act as barriers between the external environment, or between organs and fluidfilled cavities
• Provide movement by pulling on bones
• Provide secretions which help to digest food
• Act as the messaging pathway between different areas of the body

Define tissue with regards to anatomy

• A group of structurally and functionally related cells that come together to perform common functions
• Multiple sheets of thin paper used to clean your nose
• A series of different cells in the same area
• The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism

Which type of muscle tissue would line the intestines?

• Smooth
• Cardiac
• Skeletal
• Transitional

What tissue type is this?

• Nervous tissue
• Cardiac muscle
• Smooth muscle
• Connective tissue proper

What tissue type is this?

• Skeletal muscle
• Nervous tissue
• Adipose tissue
• 'Specialised' connective tissue

Cells make up.....

• Tissues
• Organs
• Organ systems
• more cells

Which of the following tissues binds everything together?

• Epithelial
• Connective
• Muscle 
• Nervous

Which of the following tissues is made up of cells that contract when stimulated?

• Epithelial
• Connective
• Muscle 
• Nervous

Which of the following tissues is made up of cells that conduct impulses?

• Epithelial
• Connective
• Muscle 
• Nervous

What tissue is this?

• Muscle

• Epithelial

• Nervous

• Connective