- Using the key choices, correctly identify the following major tissue types. Enter the appropriate letter in the answer blanks.
Key Choices:
A. connectiveB. EpitheliumC. MuscleD. Nervous
____ 1. Forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes.
____ 2. Allows for movement of limbs and organs(heart, stomach, intestines) within the body.
____ 3. Transmits electro-chemical impulses.
____ 4. Supports body organs; prevents the spleen from wandering into the pelvic area.
____ 5. Cells of this tissue type may absorb and/or secrete substances.
____ 6. Basis of the major controlling system of the body.
____ 7. The major function of the cells of this tissue type is to shorten.
____ 8. Forms hormones.
____ 9. Packages and protects body organs.
____ 10. Characterized by having large amounts of non-living matrix.
____ 11. Allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot an arrow.
____ 12. Most widely distributed tissue type in the body.
____ 13. Forms the brain and spinal cord.
B. Identify the type of Epithelial tissues in the space below each diagram,.
C. Using the key choices, identify the following specific types of epithelial tissue. Enter the
appropriate letters in the answer blanks
A. pseudostratified ciliatedC. simple cuboidalE. stratified cuboidal
B. simple columnarD. simple squamousF. Stratified squamous
- transitional
____ 1. forms the lining of the esophagus
____ 2. forms the lining of the stomach; secretes mucus to protect against stomach acid
____ 3. found in lung tissue (alveolar sacs)
____ 4. forms the connecting tubules of the kidney
____ 5. forms the epidermis of the skin
____ 6. found in the bladder lining; peculiar cells that slide over one another and can distort their shape
____ 7. forms thin lining within blood vessels; a single layer of flattened cells
____ 8. several cell layers; top layer consists of cuboidal cells
____ 9. one cell layer; all cells rest on the basement membrane, but they extend upward for different
distances; some cells have cilia
____ 10. a single layer of elongated cells; nuclei are long and oval
- 1. Epithelial tissue is avascular. What does the term “avascular” mean?
- Identify at least 3 functions of epithelial tissue.
- What are the 3 basic shapes of epithelial cells?
- Distinguish between a simple epithelial tissue and a stratified epithelial tissue.
- What is the function of cilia on cells lining the respiratory and reproductive tracts?
- Simple columnar cells have modifications called goblet cells. What do goblet cells do?