Name:___________________________ Per.__________
Chapter 4 Tissues: The Living Fabric
Guided reading pages 113-124
1. What are the four primary tissue types that form the human body?
2. If a general role had to be assigned to each tissue type, what would be the roll of each primary tissue
type?
_______________________
(Tissue type)
______________________________
(Role)
________________________
(Tissue type)
______________________________
(Role)
__________________________
(Tissue type)
______________________________
(Role)
___________________________
(Tissue type)
_______________________________
(Role)
3. Epithelial tissue occurs in the body as covering and lining epithelium and glandular epithelium. Where
do you find covering and lining epithelium?
4. Where do you find glandular epithelium?
5. What are the primary functions of epithelium?
6. What are the 5 characteristics of epithelium?
7. All epithelium exhibits polarity…what does this mean?
8. Epithelium is avascular but innervated…what does this mean?
9. Explain the two main ways epithelium is classified
10. How are stratified epithelium classified since the cell shapes differ among the different cell layers?
11. What function are simple epithelia best suited for and why?
12. Describe simple cuboidal epithelium and list its major functions
13. Describe simple columnar epithelium and list its major functions.
14. Where in the body would you likely find simple columnar epithelium?
15. Draw an example of what pseudostratified epithelium looks like
16. What is the major role of stratified epithelium?
17. Where do you find stratified squamous epithelium?
18. Where do you find stratified cuboidal epithelia in the body?
19. Where do you find stratified columnar epithelium?
20. In which type of organs do you find transitional epithelium? Why?
21. Define gland
22. What is the difference between endocrine and exocrine glands?
23. What is the difference between multicellular and unicellular glands?
24. Describe the structural and functional classification of multicellular exocrine glands