Tissue Function and location quiz

Simple Squamous

Filtration exchange of gas by simple diffusion

Kidney lungs walls of air sacks

Simple cuboidal

Secretions and absorption

Kidney tubules, ducts & secretory portions of small glands, ovary

Simple columnar

Absorption, secretion, enzymes, ciliated (cilia) to propel substances

Digestive tract---from stomach to rectum

Pseudostratified columnar

Secrete substances, particularly mucus

Trachea, most upper respiratory, sperm caring ducts

Stratified squamous 

Protection from abrasion

Outer skin, Vagina, mouth, esophagus

Transitional

Stretches readily

Urinary bladder

Uterus (pregnancy)

Urethra (pee tube)

Areolar

Binds cells and fibers together while allowing movement

beneath the skin

Adipose

Fat; stores nutrients insulates, and protects organs

beneath the skin, surrounding internal organs

Reticular