UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Four Types of tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - Nervous, connective, epithelia, muscle
Function of Epithelial Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - Lines body cavities and lines
insides of viscera and covers surfaces, provides protection, control permeability, provide
sensation, produce specialized secretion. Almost lies on layer of loose CT. High mitotic rate.
Endothelium - CORRECT ANSWER - Lines heart and blood vessels
Mesothelium - CORRECT ANSWER - lines the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities and
covers the organs within them
Function of Connective Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - Protects, binds together, and
supports organs, store energy.
Function of Muscle Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - Facilitates movement of skeleton or
organ walls
Functions of Nervous Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - Control activities and processes
information. Glial Cells protect and support neurons
Two Main Types of Epithelial Tissue - CORRECT ANSWER - Simple and Stratified
Simple Epithelial can be broken down into - CORRECT ANSWER - Simple Squamous,
Simple Cubodial, Simple Columnar, Psuedostratified Columnar
, Stratified epithelial can be broken down into - CORRECT ANSWER - Stratified squamous
(keratinized/nonkertainized), Stratified cubodial, Stratified Columnar, Transitional
simple squamous epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - One layer of flattened cells
simple cuboidal epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - One layer of cells about as tall as
wide
simple columnar epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - one layer of tall, narrow cells
pseudostratified columnar epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - One layer of tall cells that
appears stratified
stratified squamous epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple layers: upper layers of
flattened cells
stratified cuboidal epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - two or more layers; cells about as
tall as wide
stratified columnar epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - two or more layers of tall, narrow
cells
transitional epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - multiple lauyers of cells that change
shape when stretched
Basement Membrane - CORRECT ANSWER - rich in polysaccharides and protein
(collagen). Can help prevent/slow spread of Carcinoma. Smoking trashes BM: normal ET cells
destroyed - replaced by CT
function / location of simple squamous epithelium - CORRECT ANSWER - diffusion and
filtration / air sacs in lungs and walls of blood vessels