| A | B |
| Elongated cells, single layer | Simple columnar |
| Cells with blocklike or round cross section | Simple cuboidal |
| Tissue with goblet cells | Simple columnar and pseudostratified |
| Some cells are binucleate | Transitional |
| Have basal lamina | All epithelial tissues |
| Lack intercellular matrix | All epithelial tissues |
| Lack vascularization | All epithelial tissues |
| Flattened, scale-like cells, single layer | Simple squamous |
| Flattened, scale-like outer layer, several layers | Stratified squamous |
| Cells are layered and loosely packed | Transitional |
| Cells possess a brush border | Simple columnar |
| Cells near the surface are dome shaped | Transitional |
| Produce mucous on free surfaces | Simple columnar and pseudostratified |
| Elongated cells, with some cells not extending up to free surface | Pseudostratified |
| Cells have microvilli on the free surface | Simple columnar |
| Epidermis of the skin | Stratified squamous |
| Peritoneum | Simple squamous |
| Capillary walls | Simple squamous |
| Lining the mouth | Stratifiied squamous |
| Pleural membranes | Simple squamous |
| Intestinal lining | Nonciliated Simple columnar |
| Lining of the trachea | Ciliated Pseudostratified |
| Lining of urinary bladder | Transitional |
| Lining of the stomach | Nonciliated Simple columnar |
| Lining of the male urethra | Nonciliated Pseudostratified |
| Lining of the vagina | Stratifiied squamous |
| Anal lining | Stratified columnar |
| It's deepest layers undergo continuous mitosis with daughter cells pushing toward surface. | Stratified squamous |
| The death and flaking off of the outermost layer of stratified squamous | Exfoliation |
| The two types of stratified squamous epithelia | Keratinized and nonkeritinized |
| It has a surface layer of dead cells | Keritinized epithelia |
| Lacks a surface layer of dead cells | Nonkeritinized eipithelia |
| Glands | Simple Cuboidal |
| Pancreas | Simple Cuboidal |
| Ovary | Simple Cuboidal |
| Kidney | Simple Cuboidal |
| Alveolar wall | Simple squamous |