Chapter 4: Body Tissues Flashcards
What are the 4 types of body tissues?
- Epithelial tissue
- Connective tissue
- Muscle tissue
- Nervous tissue
- Found in body linings, glandular tissue
Epithelial
- Cells fit closely together
- Regenerate easily if well nourished
- Avascular (have no blood supply)
Epithelial
What are the functions of epithelial tissue?
Protection
Absorption
Filtration
Secretion
In epithelial tissue, what is the lower surface bounded by?
Basement membrane or a structure-less material secreted by the cells
What are the classification of epithelial cell, in terms of the NUMBER OF CELL LAYER?
Simple and Stratified
Single layer of cells
Simple
Multiple tiers of cells
Stratified
What are the classifications of epithelial tissue, in terms of the SHAPE OF TH CELLS?
Cuboidal
Columnar
Squamous
cubic shape like dice
Cuboidal
Column shape like brick
Columnar
Flat shape like floor tiles
Squamous
- Single layer of flat cells
- Usually forms membranes where filtration or exchange occurs
- Lines body cavities – serous membranes
- Lines lungs and capillaries
Simple squamous epithelium
Simple squamous epithelium
- Single layer of flat cells
- Filtration or exchange occurs
- Forms body linings to cavities - serous membrane
- Linings to lungs and capillaries
- Single layer of cube-like cells
- Common in gland and their ducts
- Forms walls of kidney tubules
- Covers the ovaries
Simple cuboidal epithelium
Simple cuboidal epithelium
- single layer of cube-like cells
- common in glands and their ducts
- forms walls in kidney tubules
- covers ovaries
- Single layer of tall cells that fit closely together
- Common in gland and their ducts
- Often includes goblet cells, which produce mucus
- Lines digestive tract
- Mucosae – mucous membranes line body cavities open to the body exterior
Simple columnar epithelium
Simple columnar epithelium
- single layers of tall cells which fits closely together
- lines digestive tract
- common in glands and their ducts
- includes goblet cells, which produces mucus
- Mucosae - mucous membrane lines body cavities open to the body exterior
- Single layer, but some cells are shorter than others
- Often looks like a double cell layer
- Sometimes ciliated, such as in the respiratory tract
- May function in absorption or secretion
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
- single layer, but some cells looks shorter than others
- often looks like double cell layer
- sometimes ciliated, such as in the respiratory tract
- may function in absorption or secretion
- Cells at the free edge are flattened while cells close to the basement membrane are cuboidal or columnar
- Found as a protective covering where friction is common
- Locations: skin, mouth, esophagus
Stratified squamous epithelium
Stratified squamous epithelium
- cells at the free edge are flat cells but cells near the basement membrane are cuboidal or columnar
- protective covering where friction is common
- location: skin, mouth, esophagus
Two layers of cuboidal cells
Stratified cuboidal epithelium
surface cells are columnar cells underneath vary in size and shape
Stratified columnar epithelium
- found mainly in ducts of large glands
- rare in human body
Stratified cuboidal and columnar epithelium
- Shape of cells depends upon the amount of stretching
- Cells of the basal layers are cuboidal or columnar while those at the free surface vary
- Lines organs of the urinary system
Transitional epithelium
Glands are specialized cells that give out specific secretions
glandular epithelium
No duct system
Endocrine