Revision: Tissues and Homeostasis 1. What type of epithelium would you expect to find covering a surface subject to physical forces? Simple epithelium Squamous epithelium Stratified epithelium Simple cuboidal cells Columnar epithelium 2. What type of epithelial tissue, found in the intestines, absorbs nutrients? Stratified cuboidal epithelium Simple cuboidal cells Simple columnar epithelium Stratified columnar epithelium Stratified squamous epithelium 3. Which of these tissues, found in the lungs, permits gas exchange by diffusion? Stratified squamous epithelium Simple cuboidal cells Stratified cuboidal epithelium Simple squamous epithelium Simple columnar epithelium 4. What type of epithelial tissue lines kidney tubules? 5. Stratified squamous epithelium Stratified cuboidal epithelium Simple squamous epithelium Simple cuboidal cells Stratified transitional epithelium