Epithelial tissue Flashcards

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Epithelial

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Covering

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The four main types of tissue in the body are?

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Epithelial

Connective

Muscle

Nervous

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Connective

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Support

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Muscle

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Movement

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Nervous

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Control

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Unique epithelial tissue characteristics

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Cellularity

Polarity

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Epithelial tissue:

Cellularity

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Cells tightly packed with little intercellular matrix

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Epithelial tissue:

Polarity

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Cells have apical and basal surface

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Epithelial tissue:

Polarity:

Apical surface

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Free surface of cell, not in contact with other cells

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Epithelial tissue:

Polarity:

Basal surface

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Cells are attached to underlying connective tissue by a basement membrane

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Simple epithelium

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One cell layer thick

All cells in direct contact with basement membrane

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Stratified epithelium

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Two or more layers of epithelial cells

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Pseudostratified epithelium

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All cells attach to basement membrane but appear layered

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Squamous cells

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Flat, wide, irregular shape

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Cuboidal cells

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As tall as they are wide

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Columnar cells

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Slender and taller than they are wide

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Transitional cells

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Change shape depending on stretch of epithelium

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Thinest possible barrier

18
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When identifying tissue, what are the steps for naming?

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Ciliated or nonciliated

Determine layering of cells

Determine shape of cells

Determine type of tissue

19
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What names of the three types of cell layers?

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Simple

Stratified

Pseudostratified

20
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What are the 4 names of tissues that describe the shape and the way the cells look?

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Squamous

Cuboidal

Columnar

Transitional

21
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Where is transitional epithelium found?

A

Lining of urinary bladder

22
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This structure binds epithelial cells to the basement membrane

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Hemidesmosomes

23
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Sebaceous glands are an example of this kind of gland in which the entire cell becomes part of its secretion

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Holocrine gland