Tissues Single Notesheet Quick Review

What type of tissue covers and lines the surfaces of the body?

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nervous

• Epithelial

Which type of tissue is responsible for connecting and binding body parts?

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nervous

What is a characteristic of muscle tissue?

• Transmits electrical signals

• Covers body surfaces

• Shortens and contracts

• Connects body parts

Which type of tissue transmits electrical signals?

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nervous

Which type of epithelial tissue is composed of a single layer of flat cells?

• Simple Cuboidal

• Simple Columnar

• Simple Squamous

• Stratified Squamous

Which type of muscle tissue is involuntary, has NO striations and is found within internal organs?

• Skeletal muscle

• Cardiac muscle

• Smooth muscle

What is a major characteristic of nervous tissue?

• Secretes substances

• Transmits electrical implulses

• Abundant extracellular matrix

• Multinucleated

Which type of epithelial tissue is composed of multiple layers?

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• _

What type of muscle tissue is voluntary (you can chose to move it) and multinucleated (many nuclei)?

• Cardiac muscle

• Smooth muscle

• Skeletal muscle

Which type of tissue is the most abundant and widely distributed type of tissue?

• Epithelial

• Connective

• Muscle

• Nervous