Questions: Tissue Structure and Function: General Review 1. Define tissue: 2. Use the key to identify the major tissue types described below. Key: connective epithelial muscle nervous 1. lines body cavities and covers the body's external surface 2. pumps blood, flushes urine out of the body, allows one to swing a bat 3. transmits electrical signals 4. anchors and packages body organs 5. cells may absorb, protect, or form a filtering membrane 6. forms nerves and the brain 7. major function is to contract 8. the most widespread tissue in the body Epithelial Tissue 3. How are epithelial tissues classified? 4. How is the function of an epithelium reflected in its arrangement? 5. Using the key, choose the type of epithelial tissue that best fits each description. Key: pseudostratified ciliated columnar simple columnar simple cuboidal simple squamous 1. best suited for areas subject to friction 2. most suited for rapid diffusion 3. tubules of the kidney 4. lines much of the respiratory tract 5. stretches 6. lines the small and large intestines stratified squamous transitional
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1. Define tissue: $\qquad$ $\qquad$
2. Use the key to identify the major tissue types described below.
Key: connective
epithelial
muscle
nervous $\qquad$
1. lines body cavities and covers the body's external surface $\qquad$
2. pumps blood, flushes urine out of the body, allows one to swing a bat $\qquad$
3. transmits electrical signals $\qquad$
4. anchors and packages body organs $\qquad$
5. cells may absorb, protect, or form a filtering membrane $\qquad$
6. forms nerves and the brain $\qquad$
7. major function is to contract $\qquad$
8. the most widespread tissue in the body
Epithelial Tissue
3. How are epithelial tissues classified? $\qquad$ $\qquad$
4. How is the function of an epithelium reflected in its arrangement? $\qquad$ $\qquad$ $\qquad$
5. Using the key, choose the type of epithelial tissue that best fits each description.
Key: pseudostratified ciliated columnar simple columnar $\qquad$ $\qquad$ $\qquad$ simple cuboidal simple squamous
1. best suited for areas subject to friction
2. most suited for rapid diffusion $\qquad$
3. tubules of the kidney
4. lines much of the respiratory tract $\qquad$
5. stretches $\qquad$
6. lines the small and large intestines stratified squamous transitional
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