So here we have an example problem that's asking, what type of tissue is responsible for the support of the body? And we've got these 4 potential answer options down below. And so, of course, we know from our previous lesson videos that connective tissue does support the body. And so, we can go ahead and indicate that answer option b, connective tissue is the correct answer to this example problem. And so, recall from our previous lesson videos that connective tissue actually supports epithelial tissue.
Because recall, epithelial tissue is avascular, meaning it does not have any blood vessels. But the underlying connective tissue is vascular with blood vessels. Which means that the connective tissue can support epithelial tissue by providing nutrients and oxygen gas, for example. And of course, the connective tissue is going to support the epithelial tissue that's found throughout the body. And also, we know from our previous lesson videos that bones are a type of connective tissue.
And so, the bones that make up our skeleton are going to give our body the structure and support that it needs. And so that's another reason how we could've indicated option b, connective tissue is correct. Now, epithelial tissue is not going to function primarily in support of the body. Muscle tissue and nervous tissue, we have not yet talked about. So, we'll talk about muscle tissue and nervous tissue later in our course in different videos.
But for now, this concludes this example and I'll see you all in our next video.