NAME: ________________________________ DATE: _________ Tissue Types Worksheet 1. Define Histology: ___________________________________________________ 2. Define Tissues: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Which type of tissue covers all free body surfaces and lines organs: a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 4. Which type of tissue helps produce movement, produces heat, and pumps blood? a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 5. Which type of tissue is most abundant and widely distributed? a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 6. Which type of tissue regulates and controls body functions? a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 7. How many different classifications of epithelial tissue are there and name them? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What are 2 functions of connective tissue? ________________________________ ________________________________ 9. How many different types of connective tissue are there and name them? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Which connective tissue cell type secretes antibodies? a. Fibroblasts b. Mast Cells c. Plasma Cells d. Adipocytes 11. What is extracellular matrix? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 12. How many different types of fibers are there and name them? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Draw a picture of a squamous epithelial cell and a cuboidal epithelial cell. What is the difference between the two? Squamous Cuboidal Difference: _______________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ 14. What is cartilage? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What is the difference between osteoblasts and osteoclasts? ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Which muscle type has striations and is involuntary? a. Skeletal b. Cardiac c. Smooth 17. What are 2 functions of nervous tissue? ________________________________ ________________________________ 18. What is tissue regeneration? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 19. What colors are the bone marrow that occupy space within the bone? a. Red and Yellow b. Red and Blue c. Yellow and White d. White and Red 20. What is periosteum? ______________________________________________________________________ NAME: ________________________________ DATE: _________ Tissue Types Worksheet ANSWER KEY 1. Define Histology: the study of tissues 2. Define Tissues: groups of cells which are similar in structure and which perform common or related functions 3. Which type of tissue covers all free body surfaces and lines organs: a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 4. Which type of tissue helps produce movement, produces heat, and pumps blood? a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 5. Which type of tissue is most abundant and widely distributed? a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 6. Which type of tissue regulates and controls body functions? a. Epithelial b. Connective c. Muscle d. Nervous 7. How many different classifications of epithelial tissue are there and name them? 3 – simple, stratified, and pseudostratified 8. What are 2 functions of connective tissue? Connects, binds, and supports structures Insulates (fat) Cushions and protects organs Transports substances 9. How many different types of connective tissue are there and name them? 5 – fibroblasts, macrophages, plasma cells, mast cells, adipocytes 10. Which connective tissue cell type secretes antibodies? a. Fibroblasts b. Mast Cells c. Plasma Cells d. Adipocytes 11. What is extracellular matrix? Nonliving matrix that separates the living cells of the tissue; consists of ground substances and fibers 12. How many different types of fibers are there and name them? 3 – collagen, elastic, reticular 13. Draw a picture of a squamous epithelial cell and a cuboidal epithelial cell. What is the difference between the two? Squamous Cuboidal Difference: squamous are flat and irregular, cuboidal look like small little boxes 14. What is cartilage? Provides support and framework, lacks blood supply 15. What is the difference between osteoblasts and osteoclasts? Osteoblasts build new bone, Osteoclasts break down bone 16. Which muscle type has striations and is involuntary? a. Skeletal b. Cardiac c. Smooth 17. What are 2 functions of nervous tissue? Generate and Transmit Nerve Impulses Regulate and Control Body Functions 18. What is tissue regeneration? Replacement of destroyed tissues by the same type of cells 19. What colors are the bone marrow that occupy space within the bone? a. Red and Yellow b. Red and Blue 20. What is periosteum? Outer Covering of the Bone c. Yellow and White d. White and Red
