Cells and 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

Which type of muscle tissue would line the intestines?

• Smooth

• Cardiac

• Skeletal

• Transitional

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

The four types of tissue are

• muscle, transitional, epithelial, connective

• muscle, nervous, epithelial, connective

• muscle, epithelial, connective, squamous

• cardiac, transitional, epithelial, connective

The _____ tissue is considered a type of lining for body areas.

• epithelial

• connective

• nervous

• muscle

Tissues that provide movement of body are known as

• nerve

• epithelial

• connective

• muscle

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Psuedostratified tissue has a distinctive appearance because

• the nuclei of individual cells do not line up perfectly

• cilia is attached to the surface of the cells

• cells are square and formed in perfect blocks

• cells are square in the bottom layer and flat at the top

Identify this muscle tissue.

• skeletal

• cardiac

• smooth

Identify this tissue.

• blood

• smooth muscle

• bone