anatomy tissues Flashcards
Function: Secretion and absorption
Location: kidney tubules and smaller ducts of many glands
Simple Cuboidal
Location: cardiovascular and lymphatic system, that is, the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels
Function: processes of filtration and diffusion
Simple squamous
Location: bronchioles
Function: move mucus or any foreign particles
Ciliated simple columnar
Location: gastrointestinal tract
Function: secretion and absorption
Non ciliated simple columnar
Location: keratinized forms layers of skin. Nonkeratinized mouth and esophagus
Function: protection
Stratified squamous
Location: sweat glands
Function: protection
Stratified cuboidal
Location: urethra men
Function: protection and secretion
Stratified columnar
location: bladder
Function: flexibility/stretching
Transitional
Location: dermis of skin
Function: strength and elasticity
Areolar connective
Location: eyeball
Function: serves as energy reserve and support organs
Adipose
Location: lymph nodes
Function: filters and forms stroma of organs
Reticular
Location: forms tendons and ligaments
Function: provides strong attachment between various of structures
Dense regular
Location: reticular and membrane capsules of various organs
Function: provides pulling strength
Dense irregular
location: lung tissues
Functions: Allow stretching
Elastic
Location: most abundant cartilage found in ribs and nose
Function: provides smooth surfaces and the weakest of the three cartilages
Hyaline cartilage
Location: intervertebral disc
Function: support and strength. The strongest of the three cartilages
Fibrocartilage
