Exercise 5: Epithelium

Question 1

Is a group of structurally similar cells performing a definite function.

Answer 1

Tissue

Question 2

this tissue has a tube of epithelial cells is tall and slender.

Answer 2

Simple columnar epithelium

Question 3

consists of one or more cells that make and secrete a particular product (secretion).

Answer 3

Glandular epithelium (gland)

Question 4

This is exemplified by the epithelial lining of the skin.

Answer 4

Stratified squamous epithelium

Question 5

Is composed of one or more layers of epithelial cells with very little intracellular substance between the cells.

Answer 5

Epithelium

Question 6

4 body tissue

Answer 6

Epithelial tissue, connective tissue, muscular tissues, and nervous tissue

Question 7

the structural and functional units of all living organisms. They are usually minute and may assume any shape and form.

Answer 7

Cell

Question 8

this kind of epithelium is composed of very flat cells. The nucleus in each individual cell is dark and centrally located.

Answer 8

Simple squamous epithelium

Question 9

The outer layer of the skin

Answer 9

Stratum corneum

Question 10

are ductless glands since they lose their connections to the surface.

Answer 10

Endocrine glands

Question 11

having several layers of epithelial cells with squamous shaped cells in the outermost layer while the inner layers are made up of different shapes of cells.

Answer 11

Simple columnar epithelium

Question 12

refers to the blood or lymph, which circulates within a system of tubes.

Answer 12

Fluid

Question 13

they always occur in sheets such sheets constituting an epithelial tissue or as it is generally called

Answer 13

Epithelium

Question 14

are duct glands where their secretions are emptied through the ducts to the epithelial surface.

Answer 14

Exocrine glands

Question 15

typically contains protein molecules in an aqueous (water-based) fluid.

Answer 15

Secretion

Question 16

the non-living substance which is made of certain kind of cells and lie between them.

Answer 16

Intracellular substances or matrix

Question 17

Two major types of glands develop from epithelium sheets.

Answer 17

Endocrine glands and exocrine glands

Question 18

Main components of most tissues of the body

Answer 18

Cells, intracellular substances or matrix, and fluid

Question 19

The study of tissue

Answer 19

Histology

Question 20

The nucleus of each is spherical or oval and large. The cytoplasm is slightly glandular.

Answer 20

Simple cuboidal epithelium

Question 21

Cellular layers of cell

Answer 21

Simple epithelia and stratified epithelia

Question 22

Types of epithelial tissues

Answer 22

Simple squamous epithelium
Simple columnar epithelium
Simple cuboidal epithelium
Simple columnar ciliated epithelium
Stratified squamous epithelium