Tissue Descriptions

Question 1

Epithileal tissue

Answer 1

Covers the body’s external and internal surfaces

Question 2

Connective tissue

Answer 2

Bind and support parts of the body

Question 3

Muscle tissue

Answer 3

Make movement possible

Question 4

Nervous tissue

Answer 4

Conduct impulses from one part of the body to another & help control & coordinate body activities

Question 5

Simple squamous epithelium

Answer 5

Single layer; flattened cells

Question 6

Simple cuboidal epithelium

Answer 6

Single layer; cube-shaped cells

Question 7

Simple columnar epithelium

Answer 7

Single layer; elongated narrow cells; some ciliates

Question 8

Pseudostratified columnar

Answer 8

Single layer; elongated cells; some cells do not reach free surface; often ciliated

Question 9

Stratified squamous epithelium (nonkeratinized)

Answer 9

Many layers; surface cells flattened and remain alive

Question 10

Stratified squamous epithelium (keratinized)

Answer 10

Many layers; surface cells dead and keratinized

Question 11

Stratified cuboidal epithelium

Answer 11

2-3 layers; cube-shaped cells

Question 12

Stratified columnar epithelium

Answer 12

Superficial layer of elongated cells; basal layers of cube-shaped cells

Question 13

Transitional epithelium

Answer 13

Many layers; cube-shaped and elongated cells; thinner layers when stretched

Question 14

Glandular epithelium

Answer 14

Unicellular or multicellular