Anatomy and
Physiology- Tissues
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answers 2025
Tissues - answer Groups of cells that are similar in
structure and function
Nervous Tissue - answer responsible for internal
communication; neurons and neuroglia; contains brain,
spinal cord, and nerves
Muscle Tissue - answer A body tissue that contracts or
shortens, making body parts move; has cardiac, skeletal,
and smooth muscles
Epithelial Tissue - answer Tissue that forms boundaries
between different environments, protects, secretes,
absorbs, and filters; located in glands, skin surface, and
lining of hollow organs
Connective Tissue - answer supports, protects, binds other
tissues together; locations can be bones, tendons, and
fat/padding tissue
, Epithelial tissue types - answer a. simple squamous
epithelium
b. simple cuboidal epithelium
c. simple columnar epithelium
d. stratified squamous epithelium
e. stratified cuboidal epithelium
f. stratified columnar epithelium
g. transitional epithelium
h. pseudostratified epithelium
i. glandular epithelium
simple squamous epithelium (description) - answer single
layer of flattened cells with disc-shaped central nuclei and
sparse cytoplasm; the simplest of the epithelia
simple squamous epithelium (function) - answer allows
materials to pass by diffusion and filtration in sites where
protection is not important; secretes lubricating
substances in serosae
simple squamous epithelium (locations) - answer Kidney
glomeruli; air sacs of the lungs; lining of heart, blood
vessels and lymphatic vessels; lining of ventral body
cavity (serosae)
simple cuboidal epithelium (description) - answer single
layer of cubelike cells with large, spherical central nuclei
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