Epithelial Flashcards
Simple squamous locations
Lines inside of blood vessels
Inside of heart
Lines walls of capillaries
Simple cuboidal
Single layer of cube shaped cells with central nuclei
Secretion and sometimes absorption
Simple cuboidal locations
Kidney tubules and ducts of glands
Simple columnar
Elongated cells. Nuclei are near basement membrane, often have microvilli and cilia
Big absorber
Simple columnar location
Lines uterus, Fallopian tubes, stomach & intestines
Pseudo stratified columnar
Looks like one layer,but it’s not. Nuclei all over
Sweeps debris out of lungs, goblet cells produce mucin
Pseudo stratified columnar location
Only in lining of upper respiratory tract
Stratified squamous
Flattened layers
Wear an tear tissue
Protect from fluid and invasion
Stratified squamous location
Outer layer of skin and lines the mouth throat vagina and anal canal
Simple squamous
Single layer of thin, flattened cells
Well suited for diffusion
Stratified cuboidal
Two or three layers provide protection
Stratified cuboidal location
Mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary and pancreas
Stratified columnar
Several layers
Not in many places-pharynx, junction of distal esophagus
Transitional
Layer of epithelial tissue and bottom layer of specialized connective tissue
Cutaneous
Functions like tarp over a boat
Ex) skin