Tissues

A basement membrane anchors

Epithelial tissue to connective tissue.

Connective tissue to muscle tissue.

Brain tissue to nervous tissue.

muscle tissue to nervous tissue.

A tissue is defined as:

A group of cells with a similar function

A small structural unit that contains organelles

A group of organs with many functions

The most abundant type of tissue in the body is

Connective

Nervous

Muscle

Epithelial

Tissue called ______ tissue forms protective coverings and functions in secretion and absorption. Tissue called ______ tissue supports soft body parts and binds structures together.

Muscle; nervous

Connective; muscle

Connective; epithelial

Epithelial; connective

Muscle tissue

Widely distributed throughout body.

Connective tissue

Attached to bones; in the walls of hollow internal organs; heart.

Nervous tissue

Brain; spinal cord; nerves.

Epithelial tissues

Covers body surface; covers and line internal organs; compose glands.

The tissue type which can readily divide, yet lacks blood vessels, is _____.

Connective

Nervous

Muscle

Epithelial

What are the main characteristics of epithelial tissues?

What is the role of cilia in the simple columnar epithelium?

Absorption of substances from external environment

Moving substances across the free surface

Secretion of substances that trap foreign particles

Usually epithelial tissues do not have blood vessels.

True

False

Cartilage tissues are likely to be slow in healing following an injury because

cartilage cells cannot divide.

Cartilage tissues lack direct blood supplies.

The intercellular matrix is semisolid.

Cartilage cells are surrounded by fluids.

They don't function often.

The tissue that constitutes the outermost layer of the skin is a type of connective tissue.

True

False

The tissue through which gases are exchanged between the blood and the air in the lungs is

Typically, carcinomas originate from which tissue?

Epithelium.

Connective tissue.

Muscle tissue.

Nervous tissue.

Tissues

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