The function of simple cuboidal epithelium is
A) support and structure.
B) protection and transport.
C) phagocytosis and immunity.
D) absorption and secretion.
E) storage and retrieval.
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Question 2) An example of keratinized stratified squamous epithelium would be
A) exposed skin.
B) air sacs of the lungs.
C) the lining of the anus.
D) the outer covering of the intestines.
E) the lining of the oral cavity.
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Question 3) The epithelia that line body cavities and blood vessels are classified as
A) simple squamous.
B) stratified squamous.
C) simple cuboidal.
D) stratified cuboidal.
E) transitional.
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Question 4) The epithelium that lines the body cavities is known as
A) perithelium.
B) myothelium.
C) intrathelium.
D) endothelium.
E) mesothelium.
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Question 5) The two major types of cell layering in epithelia are
A) simple and proper.
B) stratified and pseudostratified.
C) squamous and simple.
D) simple and stratified.
E) cuboidal and columnar.
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Question 6) Cells that are flat and thin are classified as
A) columnar.
B) squamous.
C) blasts.
D) transitional.
E) cuboidal.
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Question 7) Germinative cells
A) start in the superficial layers of epithelial tissue.
B) cannot divide in the deep layers of epithelial tissue.
C) make up most of the epithelial type of tissue.
D) divide continually to produce new epithelial cells.
E) cannot function in the repair of epithelial tissue.
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Question 8) Epithelium is connected to underlying connective tissue by
A) keratin.
B) interfacial canals.
C) a basement membrane.
D) a reticular lamina.
E) proteoglycan.
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Question 9) In stratified epithelia adapted to resist mechanical forces, which of the following types of cell-to-cell junctions are especially abundant?
A) tight junctions
B) basolateral junctions
C) gap junctions
D) hemidesmosomes
E) desmosomes
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Question 10) ________ are proteins that connect adjacent cells at a gap junction.
A) Bindins
B) Adhesions
C) Connexins
D) Attachons
E) Tieons
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