ch 4 - tpics im struggling with Flashcards
epithelia
lining and covering tissues
epithelia tissue structure
- free surface: surface where cells are exposed to external environment or an internal passageway
- basement membrane
what does epithelia tissue include
epithelia and glands
glands
structures that produce fluid secretions
epithelial tissue functions
- provide physical protection
- control permeability
- provide sensation
- produce specialized secretions
characteristics of epithelia
polarity
cells tightly bound, lots of cells
attached to basement membrane
avascularity
Simple cuboidal epithelium is frequently found in
glands and kidney tubules
What type of epithelium is found lining most of the digestive tract?
simple columnar
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium is found lining most of the
respiratory tract
What type of connective tissue binds tissues and organs together?
areolar (loose)
What type of tissue forms tendons?
fibrous connective tissue
the type of connective tissue found in the nose, the trachea, and the fetal skeleton
hyaline
The space that a chondrocyte or osteocyte lives in is called a
lacuna
Which type of extracellular junction forms from the joining of adjacent plasma membranes?
tight junction
gap junction
the extracellular junction that allows ions and small molecules to pass between two cells.
