Tissue Worksheet
Matching: A. Connective B. Epithelium C. Muscle D. Nervous
1. _____ forms membranes
2. _____Allows movement of limbs and for organ movements within the body
3. _____ function is to support cells
4. _____ function is to communicate
5. _____ function is to protect and line
6. _____uses electrochemical signals to carry out its functions
7. _____supports and reinforces the body organs
8. _____cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances
9. _____basis of the major controlling system of the body
10. _____its cells shorten to exert force
11. _____forms endocrine and exocrine glands
12. _____surrounds and cushions body organs
13. _____ Function is to contract and move body
14. _____characterized by having large amounts of extracellular material
15. _____allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and throw a ball
16. _____widely distributed; found in bones, cartilages, and fat deposits
17. _____forms the brain and spinal cord
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18. A tissue is: a collection of nuclei / a collection of organelles / a collection of cells / a collection of organs.
19. The four major tissue types are: epithelial / fat / connective / bone / muscle / nervous / blood.
20. The inside of blood vessels is lined with: cuboidal epithelium / squamous epithelium / transitional epithelium /
columnar epithelium.
21. The tissue illustrated below is: cuboidal epithelium / adipose tissue / squamous epithelium / loose connective
tissue / blood.
22. The urinary system is lined with: cuboidal epithelium / squamous epithelium / transitional epithelium / columnar
epithelium?
23. Where is simple columnar epithelium found: in the kidney tubule / lining the fallopian tubes / lining the trachea/
lining the small intestine?
24. Stratified epithelia: were laid down many centuries ago / are more important than other tissues / consist of
several layers of cells / always occur in straight lines.
25. Transitional epithelium allows the: arteries to expand / skin to stretch / uterus to contract / bladder to stretch.
26. The tissue illustrated below is: squamous epithelium / columnar epithelium / squamous stratified epithelium /
transitional epithelium / lymph
