Types of Tissue

Which of the following is NOT a type of tissue?

• muscle

• nervous

• embryonic

• epithelial

In observing epithelial cells under a microscope, the cells are arranged in a single layer and look tall and narrow. This type of epithelial tissue is

• columnar

• stratified

• squamous

• transitional

Which of the following is the epithelial tissue that lines the interior of blood vessels?

• transitional

• columnar

• simple squamous

• pseudostratified

Which type of epithelial tissue specializes in moving particles across and is found in airways and lining of the oviduct?

• transitional

• stratified squamous

• stratified columnar

• stratified cuboidal

Epithelial tissues line the outside as well as the inside of the human organism.

• True

• False

Epithelial cells may have cilia or processes called microvilli on their surfaces.

• True

• False

Tendons are among the strongest structures in the body and are comprised of dense connective tissue.

• True

• False

The uterine tubes are lined with ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells which help propel the ovum.

• True

• False

The _____ tissue is considered a type of lining for body areas.

• epithelial

• connective

• nervous

• muscle

What type of tissue holds most organs together?

• adipose

• muscular

• loose connective

• fibrous connective