Histology Mix and Match!

Fill in the table below. It will help you understand the names, locations and functions of the tissues.

  Locations Functions
 on the surface of ovaries, the lining of
Simple cuboidal epithelium nephrons, the walls of the renal tubules,  secretion and absorption
and parts of the eye and thyroid

It  lines most organs of the digestive tract   secretion, absorption, digestion and
Simple columnar epithelium including the stomach, small intestine, maintaining immunity in the digestive
and large intestine system.

Simple squamous epithelium    

Pseudostratified epithelium    

Transitional epithelium    

Stratified cuboidal
   
epithelium

Stratified columnar
   
epithelium

Stratified squamous
   
epithelium
Areolar connective tissue    

Reticular connective tissue    

Adipose tissue    

Dense regular connective

   
tissue

Dense irregular connective

   
tissue

Elastic connective tissue    

Spongy bone    

Compact bone    

Blood  

Elastic cartilage    
 Fibrocartilage    

Hyaline cartilage    

Skeletal muscle    

Cardiac muscle    

Smooth muscle    

Nervous tissue