Tissues

Question 1

Epithelial tissue includes what two structures?

Answer 1

Epithelia and glands

Question 2

What is epithelium?

Answer 2

Sheet of cells that covers an exposed surface or lines an internal cavity or passageway

Question 3

Epithelium has what kind of surfaces?

Answer 3

Apical and basal

Question 4

Apical surfaces

Answer 4

Face the exterior of the body

Question 5

Basal surface

Answer 5

Attached to adjacent tissues

Question 6

Polarity

Answer 6

Characteristic of epithelium in which there is an uneven distribution of organelles and other cytoplasmic components

Question 7

Basal surface is attached to

Answer 7

Basal lamina

Question 8

Basal lamina

Answer 8

Attached to the basal surface. It is a complex structure produced by the epithelium and cells of the underlying connective tissue

Question 9

Avascular

Answer 9

Do not contain blood vessels

Question 10

Epithelial are said to be Avascular which means they do not contain

Answer 10

Blood vessels

Question 11

How does epithelial tissue obtain nutrients?

Answer 11

Diffusion or absorption across basal or apical surfaces

Question 12

Four primary tissue types

Answer 12

Epithelial, connective, muscle, and neural