RAHS A&P Epithelial Tissue Functions

Lines ducts and glands

• Columnar
• Cuboidal
• Simple Squamous
• Transitional

Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract

• Columnar
• Cuboidal
• Simple Squamous
• Pseudostratified

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Found in organs like the bladder that need to stretch

• Areolar
• Stratified squamous
• Pseudostratified
• Transitional

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

• Cuboidal
• Columnar
• Simple Squamous
• Stratified Squamous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

This type of secretion produces sweat and saliva

• holocrine

• merocrine

• apocrine

• berocrine

Which of the following is NOT a main function of epithelial tissues?

• covering exposed surfaces

• lining internal passageways

• producing glandular secretions

• contracting to produce movement

The difference between endocrine and exocrine glands can best be described by which of the following?

• exocrine secretions are released into surrounding tissues and blood whereas endocrine secretions are discharged onto the surface of the skin or other epithelial surfaces

• endocrine secretions are released into the surrounding tissues and blood whereas exocrine secretions are discharged onto the surface of the skin or other epithelial surfaces

• exocrine secretions and endocrine secretions are both released directly into the blood at all times

• exocrine secretions and endocrine secretions are both released directly onto the surface of the skin at all times

Which of the following is not one of the four tissue types? 

• Blood
• Connective
• Epithelial
• Nervous 

Where is epithelial tissue found?

• glands
• covering body surfaces
• lines organs
• all of the above

According to the picture, where is the basement membrane?

• Apical Side

• Columnar Cells

• Avascular tissue

• Basal Side