Question

An area in the body exposed to the external environment would be composed of which of the following tissue types?

a) Epithelial tissue
b) Connective tissue
c) Muscle tissue
d) Nervous tissue

Answer 1

The answer is A: Epithelial tissue.

Step-by-step explanation:

The epithelial tissue is the tissue that is mostly exposed to the external environment. The epidermis is the outermost layer of the skin, it is a type of epithelial tissue, covering large spaces of the body. It consists mostly of dense accumulations of cells attached to each other that allow them to communicate with each other.