Anatomy: Epithelial Tissue

Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract

• Columnar
• Cuboidal
• Simple Squamous
• Pseudostratified

Used in places where diffusion needs to occur, such as blood vessels and air sacs in the lungs

• Cuboidal
• Columnar
• Simple Squamous
• Stratified Squamous

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

• Cuboidal
• Pseudostratified
• Simple Squamous
• Stratified Squamous

Name the tissue

• Areolar
• Smooth Muscle
• Transitional
• Simple Squamous

Name the tissue

• Columnar
• Cuboidal
• Transitional
• Simple Squamous

Name the tissue

• Smooth Muscle
• Columnar
• Transitional
• Pseudostratified

Name the tissue

• Pseudostratified
• Smooth Muscle
• Transitional
• Stratified Squamous

What are the 3 basic shapes of Epithelial Cells? (Select all that apply)

• Cuboidal

• Columnar

• Orbital

• Squamous

A squamous tissue is best classified by:

• A thick membrane that allows slow diffusion

• Fast absorption and diffusion, and making thick membranes

• Fast absorption and diffusion and making thin membranes

• None of the above

Columnar cells are classified by:

• Absorbing nutrients and secretions

• Producing secretions and nutrients

• Absorbing nutrients and producing secretions

• None of the above