HISTOLOGY EXAM 1 REVIEW WITH
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST
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What are the basic tissues in the body? - ✔✔Epithelial, Connective,
Muscle, Nervous
What are epithelial tissues composed of? - ✔✔Closely apposed cells
with very little intercellular substance b/w them
How do you classify epithelial tissue? - ✔✔shape and number of layers
Characteristics of epithelial tissue - ✔✔Cellularity
Polarity
Special contacts
, Supported by Connective tissue
Avascular
Able to regenerate
Cilia vs. Microvilli - ✔✔Cilia: microscopic hair like structures that are
responsible for movement
Microvilli: found in areas that are made for absorption, increase cell
surface area of cell membrane, NO MOVEMENT
Stereocilia - ✔✔Sensory hairs
What are simple squamous epithelium cells? - ✔✔single layer of flat
cells
What are simple cuboidal epithelium cells? - ✔✔single layer of cube-
like cells
What are simple columnar epithelium cells? - ✔✔A single layer of
columnar cells
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST
UPDATE { GRADED A+}
What are the basic tissues in the body? - ✔✔Epithelial, Connective,
Muscle, Nervous
What are epithelial tissues composed of? - ✔✔Closely apposed cells
with very little intercellular substance b/w them
How do you classify epithelial tissue? - ✔✔shape and number of layers
Characteristics of epithelial tissue - ✔✔Cellularity
Polarity
Special contacts
, Supported by Connective tissue
Avascular
Able to regenerate
Cilia vs. Microvilli - ✔✔Cilia: microscopic hair like structures that are
responsible for movement
Microvilli: found in areas that are made for absorption, increase cell
surface area of cell membrane, NO MOVEMENT
Stereocilia - ✔✔Sensory hairs
What are simple squamous epithelium cells? - ✔✔single layer of flat
cells
What are simple cuboidal epithelium cells? - ✔✔single layer of cube-
like cells
What are simple columnar epithelium cells? - ✔✔A single layer of
columnar cells
