A&P - Chapter 9 (Part 1)

Question 1

What are epithelial tissue divided into? (2)

Answer 1

1. Membranous epithelium

2. Glandular epithelium

Question 2

What parts of the body does the membranous epithelium cover? (6)

Answer 2

1. Lines serous cavities
2. Blood/lymphatic vessels
3. Respiratory tract
4. Digestive tract
5. Genitourinary tract
6. Body

Question 3

What part of the body does the glandular epithelium cover?

Answer 3

Secretory units of the endocrine and exocrine glands

Question 4

Where are the glandular epithelium located?

Answer 4

Glands

Question 5

Where are the membranous epithelium located?

Answer 5

Everywhere else but the glands

Question 6

What are the functions of the epithelial tissue? (5)

Answer 6

1. Protection
2. Sensory function
3. Secretion
4. Absorption
5. Excretion

Question 7

What is the most important function of the epithelial tissue?

Answer 7

Protection

Question 8

Where would you find epithelial tissue for sensory functions? (4)

Answer 8

Special epithelial structures in the…

1. Skin
2. Nose
3. Eyes
4. Ears

Question 9

What do epithelial tissue secrete? (4)

Answer 9

1. Hormones
2. Mucous
3. Digestive juice
4. Sweat

Question 10

Where would you find epithelial tissue for absorption? (2)

Answer 10

1. Gut

2. Respiratory tract

Question 11

Where would you find epithelial tissue for excretion?

Answer 11

Kidney tubules

Question 12

What is there limited amount of in epithelial tissues?

Answer 12

Matrix material

Question 13

What do epithelial tissues look like?

Answer 13

Tightly packed sheets of cells, with many desmosomes and tight junctions

Question 14

Basement membrane

Answer 14

Is a platform to put everything on it

Question 15

What is attached to the basement floor for epithelial tissues?

Answer 15

Membranous type

Question 16

Is epithelial tissues vascular or avascular?

Answer 16

Avascular

Question 17

What is epithelial tissue capable of?

Answer 17

Reproduction

Question 18

Why do epithelial tissues reproduce so much?

Answer 18

Due to wear and tear

Question 19

What are 3 examples of tissues that might wear and tear?

Answer 19

1. Skin
2. Gut
3. Respiratory tract lining

Question 20

How does epithelial tissue got its nutrients? (3)

Answer 20

1. Diffusion
2. Osmosis
3. Etc…

Question 21

What are the 4 classifications by shape?

Answer 21

1. Squamous
2. Cuboidal
3. Columnar
4. Pseudostratified columnar

Question 22

What does squamous shape look like?

Answer 22

Flat and scale-like

Question 23

What does cuboidal shape look like?

Answer 23

Cube shaped

Question 24

What does columnar shape look like?

Answer 24

Taller than they are wide

- like a column

Question 25

What does pseudostratified shape look like?

Answer 25

Fake columnar

- everything touches the basement membrane (even though it doesnt look like it

Question 26

What are the 3 classification by arrangement of layers in the cell?

Answer 26

1. Simple
2. Stratified
3. Transitional

Question 27

How would you describe simple cells? (2)

Answer 27

1. Single layer

2. Same shape

Question 28

How would you describe stratified cells? (2)

Answer 28

1. Multiple layers

2. Names according to the shape of the cells in the outer layer

Question 29

How would you describe transitional cells?

Answer 29

Varying shapes that can stretch

Question 30

Where would you find transitional cells?

Answer 30

In the bladder