Chapter 5 Flashcards
A basement membrane occurs between
epithelial and connective tissue
Epithelial tissue functions in
secretion, protection, absorption
The tissue through which gases are exchanged between the blood and the air in the lungs is
simple squamous epithelium
Cartilage tissues are likely to be slow in healing following an injury because
lacks direct blood supply
Smooth muscle is found in the wall of the
stomach and intestine
About 90% of all cancers originate from
epithelial tissue
The tissue that covers all organs is
epithelial
A single layer of flattened epithelium would constitute the tissue called
simple squamous
Most organs of the digestive system have an inner lining composed of the tissue called
simple columnar
The most common cells found in connective tissues are called
fibroblasts
Which type of tissue always has a free surface?
epithelium
Which type of tissue is distended in the urinary bladder?
transitional
Which type of tissue is classified according to cell shape and the number of cell layers?
epithelial
The epithelial tissue with the most cell layers is the stratified
squamous
