Epithelial

Question 1

What is epithelial tissue?

Answer 1

Lines and forms internal organs
Moderate to high mitotic rate depending on its location type and form

Question 2

Name all the types of epithelial tissue

Answer 2

simple squamous
Simple cuboidal
Simple columnar
Stratified squamous
Stratified cuboidal
Pseudo stratified columnar
Transitional
Glandular

Question 3

Explain about Simple squamous epithelium

Answer 3

it lines the blood vessels (endothelium)
Lines body cavities (mesothelium)
Alveoli of the lungs


Question 4

Explain about stratified squamous epithelium

Answer 4

Lights the oral cavity, oesophagus, anus, cervix, vagina

Question 5

Explain about simple and stratified cuboidal epithelium

Answer 5

simple: collecting tubules of kidney, rete testis, small ducts of exocrine glands, surface of ovary

stratified: Larger ducts of exocrine glands

Question 6

Explain about simple, pseudostratified columnar epithelium

Answer 6

simple: gallbladder, collecting ducts of kidney, endocervix
Pseudostratified: respiratory tract including nose and sinuses

Question 7

Explain about transitional epithelium

Answer 7

Lower urinary tract

Question 8

Explain about glandular epithelium: simple and compound and solid organs

Answer 8

simple: colon, Stomach, sweat glands
compound: sebaceous glands, small salivary glands, breast and prostate
solid organs: Exocrine: major salivary glands liver and pancreas endocrine: Thyroid, anterior pituitary , pancreas

Question 9

How do all the epithelial tissues look like?

Answer 9

Simple squamous: like squished down tissue
Simple cuboidal: like a cube
Simple columnar: like a column or a massive pole
stratified squamous: really squished together tissue, Very condensed
Stratified cuboidal: two cubes join together
Pseudostratified columnar: like the columns and poles have lost shape, squished
transitional: all the different ones together, but even