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Epithelial Tissue

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Flattened cells
a)
Squamous
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Columnar
2.
Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Simple Squamous
d)
Pseudostratified
3.
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
4.
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
5.
Name the tissue
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Transitional
d)
Simple Squamous
6.
Name the tissue
a)
Smooth Muscle
b)
Columnar
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
7.
Name the tissue
a)
Pseudostratified
b)
Smooth Muscle
c)
Transitional
d)
Stratified Squamous
8.

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

a)

Cuboidal

b)

Columnar

c)

Orbital

d)

Squamous

9.

Identify the image:

a)

Cuboidal

b)

Columnar

c)

Squamous

10.

Identify the image:

a)

Columnar

b)

Cuboidal

c)

Squamous

11.

Identify the image:

a)

Columnar

b)

Squamous

c)

Cuboidal

12.

According to the picture, where is the basement membrane?

a)

Apical Side

b)

Columnar Cells

c)

Avascular tissue

d)

Basal Side

13.
Which of the following is not one of the four tissue types? 
a)
Blood
b)
Connective
c)
Epithelial
d)
Nervous 
14.
Where is epithelial tissue found?
a)
glands
b)
covering body surfaces
c)
lines organs
d)
all of the above
15.
Which tissue is this?
a)
Simple Squamous
b)
Stratified Squamous
c)
Simple cuboidal
d)
Pseudostratified columnar
16.
Identify:
a)
Columnar
b)
Cuboidal
c)
Pseudostratified
d)
Transitional
17.
Identify:
a)
Smooth Muscle
b)
Columnar
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
18.
Identify:
a)
Pseudostratified
b)
Simple cuboidal
c)
Transitional
d)
Simple Squamous
19.
Identify:
a)
Smooth Muscle
b)
Columnar
c)
Transitional
d)
Pseudostratified
20.
This type of epithelium has only one layer of cells
a)
Stratified epithelium
b)
Simple epithelium
21.
Epithelium with more than one layer of cells
a)
Stratified epithelium
b)
Simple epithelium
22.
This image represents 
a)
Simple cuboidal epithelium
b)
Simple squamous epithelium
c)
Simple columnar epithelium
d)
Pseudostratified epithelium
23.
This image represents 
a)
Stratified cuboidal epithelium
b)
Stratified squamous epithelium
c)
Stratified columnar epithelium
d)
Pseudostratified epithelium
24.
A many-layered epithelium with cuboidal basal cells and flat cells at its surface would be classified as ________. 
a)
stratified squamous
b)
stratified cuboidal
c)
stratified columnar
d)
transitional
25.

The lining of the bladder contains which type of epithelium?

a)

Simple Cuboidal

b)

Simple Columnar

c)

Transitional

d)

Psuedostratified Columnar

26.

Simple squamos cells are found lining the alveoli of the lungs due to being small and flat, what is likely their function?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Protection

c)

Absorption

d)

Fight infection

27.

Which of the following can be found in the intestines?

a)

Simple squamos

b)

Simple cuboidal

c)

Simple columnar

d)

Stratified cuboidal

28.
Goblet cells secrete 
a)
oil
b)
sweat
c)
mucus
d)
acid
29.
Ciliated simple columnar epithelium is found in ______________________.
a)
small intestines
b)
respiratory tract
c)
blood vessels
d)
skin
30.
In pseudostratified epithelium which of the following is NOT TRUE?
a)
All the cells attach to the basement membrane
b)
The nuclei are at various layers of the tissue
c)
It is multiple layers of cells
d)
They may have cilia and goblet cells
31.
Which of the following is a function of epithelial tissue?
a)
Protection
b)
Absorption
c)
Secretion
d)
All the the above
32.
Name the tissue
a)
Simple squamous
b)
Simple cuboidal
c)
Simple columnar
d)
Pseudo stratified columnar
33.
Name the tissue
a)
Simple squamous
b)
Simple cuboidal
c)
Simple columnar 
d)
Pseudo stratified columnar
34.
Name the tissue
a)
Stratified squamous
b)
Simple squamous
c)
Stratified cuboidal
d)
Simple cuboidal
35.
The green arrow is pointing to 
a)
a goblet cell
b)
a basement membrane
c)
a nucleus
d)
a lumen