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Epithelial Tissues Practice

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify:
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Pseudostratified
d)
Transitional
2.
Identify:
a)
Pseudostratified
b)
Simple cuboidal
c)
Transitional
d)
Simple Squamous
3.
Identify:
a)
Smooth Muscle
b)
Columnar
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
4.
Identify:
a)
Simple squamous
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
5.
Identify:
a)
Pseudostratified
b)
Smooth Muscle
c)
Transitional
d)
Stratified Squamous
6.
Identify:
a)
Simple squamous
b)
Stratified squamous
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
7.
Lines ducts and glands
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Transitional
8.
Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Pseudostratified
9.
Found in organs like the bladder that need to stretch
a)
Areolar
b)
Stratified squamous
c)
Pseudostratified
d)
Transitional
10.
Used in places where diffusion needs to occur, such as blood vessels and air sacs in the lungs
a)
Cuboidal
b)
Columnar
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Stratified Squamous
11.
Used in places needing protection from scrapes and abrasions such as the skin and esophagus
a)
Cuboidal
b)
Pseudostratified
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Stratified Squamous
12.
Secretes mucus in the respiratory tract, specifically the trachea
a)
Transitional
b)
Pseudostratified
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Stratified Squamous
13.
Epithelium with more than one layer of cells
a)
Stratified epithelium
b)
Simple epithelium
14.

Name the type of epithelium

a)

simple squamous

b)

stratified squamous

c)

simple cuboidal

d)

simple columnar

15.

Which types of cells found in this epithelium produce mucus?

a)

goblet cells

b)

goblin cells

c)

neutrophils

d)

eosinophils

16.

What type of epithelium lines the air sacs in this slide of lung tissue?

a)

simple cuboidal

b)

simple columnar

c)

simple squamous

d)

pseudostratified columnar

17.

What feature found on the surface of this epithelial layer greatly increases the surface area for absorption?

a)

cilia

b)

microvilli

c)

endoplasmic reticulum

d)

multiple nuclei

18.

Where in the body would you most likely find this type of cell layer?

a)

lungs

b)

heart

c)

small intestine

d)

pancreas

19.

What type of epithelial tissue is this and where might you find it?

a)

stratified cuboidal ; small intestine

b)

simple squamous ; lung

c)

pseudostratified columnar ; trachea

d)

transitional ; bladder

20.

All of the following are common locations of simple squamous epithlium EXCEPT

a)

lungs

b)

lining blood vessels

c)

trachea

d)

kidney tubules

21.

What type of epithelium is this and where might you find it?

a)

stratified squamous ; skin

b)

pseudostratified columnar ; trachea

c)

simple squamous ; lung

d)

simple cuboidal ; kidney tubules

22.
Identify this tissue!
a)
Stratified cuboidal
b)
Stratified squamous epithelium
c)
Simple columnar epithelium
d)
Simple squamous
23.
Identify this tissue!
a)
Simple squamous 
b)
Stratified columnar
c)
Simple columanr
d)
Pseudostratified
24.
Identify this tissue!
a)
Simple cuboidal
b)
Simple columnar epithelium
c)
Stratified squamous
d)
Transitional epithelium
25.
Identify:
a)
Pseudostratified
b)
Simple cuboidal
c)
Transitional
d)
Simple Squamous
26.
Identify:
a)
Smooth Muscle
b)
Columnar
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
27.
Identify:
a)
Simple squamous
b)
Stratified squamous
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
28.
Which tissue is this?
a)
Simple squamous
b)
simple columnar
c)
transitional
d)
simple cuboidal
29.
Identify this tissue!
a)
Simple columnar epithelium
b)
Simple cuboidal epithelium
c)
Simple squamous epithelium
d)
Transitional epithelium
30.
a)
Columnar epithelium
b)
simple columnar epithelium
c)
Psuedostratified ciliated columnar epithilium
d)
Psuedostratified cubical ciliated epithelium
31.

Structure shown at a.

a)

Lumen

b)

Free Surface

c)

Epithelial tissue

d)

Basement membrane

32.
a)
simple squamous
b)
stratified squamous
c)
simple cuboidal
d)
stratified cuboidal
33.
a)
stratified columnar
b)
pseudostratified columnar
c)
stratified cuboidal
d)
transitional
34.
Goblet cells of epithelial tissue
a)
Secrete mucus
b)
Store water
c)
Store blood
d)
Secrete saline solution
35.
a)
Dense regular connective
b)
Stratified squamous epithelium
c)
Pseudostratified ciliated epithelium
d)
Fibrocartilage
36.
Where does the blood supply for epithelial tissue come from?
a)
The Free surface
b)
The connective tissue below the epithelial tissue
c)
Epithelial tissue does not need a blood supply because it is a dead cell layer
d)
It's found in the epithelial layer
37.
This means multiple layers
a)
Simple
b)
Stratified
c)
Pseudostratified
d)
Basement
38.
Taller than wide
a)
Squamous
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Columnar
d)
Transitional
39.

Epithelial cells are anchored to each other and to underlying tissues by a specialized membrane called the _________________.

a)

subcutaneous membrane

b)

matrix

c)

basement membrane

d)

basal membrane

40.

Structure shown at b.

a)

basement membrane

b)

nucleus

c)

cilia

d)

free surface of tissue