Tissues Study Guide
1. List the 5 stages of complexity, where do tissues fit in?
2. Are organs usually composed of 1 or multiple tissue types?
3. List the 4 primary tissue types and their descriptive word. (protection, covering,
movement,
4. What are the main functions of epithelial tissue?
5. What is the difference between simple and stratified epithelium?
6. What are the 3 functions of simple epithelia?
7. List and draw the 4 types of simple epithelia.
8. What is the primary function of stratified epithelia?
9. Which is the most common of all stratified epithelia? Where is it found?
10. What is similar between simple and most stratified epithelia?
11. Where do we find transitional epithelia?
12. What are the two types of glandular stratified epithelia and where do each one secrete?
13. Which is the most common of all 4 tissue types?
14. What is found outside each cell (and determines the tissue’s consistency) in connective
tissue?
15. What is the primary function of connective tissues?
16. List the 5 types (and subtypes if applicable) of connective tissue. Define each tissue’s
function and describe each tissue’s extracellular matrix.
17. What is the primary function of muscular tissue?
18. For each of the 3 types of muscular tissues: list what it connects to or where it is found,
what it does within the body, and if it has voluntary or involuntary movement.
19. What is the primary difference between regeneration and fibrosis?
20. Which tissue healing usually occurs in less serious wounds? What about more serious?