Epithelial Tissue Quick Knowledge Check

Flattened cells

• Squamous
• Cuboidal
• Columnar

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

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

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

• Cuboidal

• Columnar

• Orbital

• Squamous

Columnar cells are classified by:

• Absorbing nutrients and secretions

• Producing secretions and nutrients

• Absorbing nutrients and producing secretions

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

The lining of the bladder contains which type of epithelium?

• Simple Cuboidal

• Simple Columnar

• Transitional

• Psuedostratified Columnar

What type of epithelial tissue is this?

• Simple squamous

• Simple cuboidal

• Simple columnar

• Stratified squamous

• Stratified cuboidal