Epithelial Tissue

Question 1

Epithelial: Simple Squamous

Answer 1

Structure: Single layer of thin flat cells

Function: diffusion and filtration

Location: air sacs, walls of capillaries, inside of blood&lymp vessels

Question 2

Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

Answer 2

Strucutre: single layer, cubed shaped

Function: secretion&absorption

Location: covers ovaries, lines kidney tublues, slivary, liver, pancreas

Question 3

Simple Columnar Epithelium

Answer 3

Strucutre: single layer, elongated (column shaped)

Function: absorption

Location: lining of digestive tract

microvilli

goblet cells

Question 4

Psuedostratified Columnar Epithelium

Answer 4

Structure: Appear layered but are not

Function: trap &move foreign particles and sex cells

Location: lines respiratory& reproductive passages

*cilia

Question 5

Stratified Squamous Epithelium

Answer 5

Strucutre: outermost layer is thin flast: deep layers are cuboidal or colummnar

Function: Keratinezed: Dry protective coating

Non-keratinized: moist and protective

Location: K=skin

Not K=esophagus,mouth vagina

Question 6

Stratified Cubodial Epithelium

Answer 6

Structure: 2 layers of cubed cells

Function: protection

Location: largest ducts of glands (swat, mamary, and salivary)

Question 7

Stratified Columnar Epithelium

Answer 7

Structure: superficial layer elongated

function: protection
location: male urethra, ducts of lg, glands

rare

Question 8

Transitional Epithelium

Answer 8

Structure: changes, squamos and coboidal depending on stretching

Function: expandable lining and barrier

Location: uterers, urinary bladder, part of urethra

Question 9

Simple vs stratified

Answer 9

Simple: Single layer of cells

Stratified: many layers of cells

Question 10

Squamous vs Cuboidal vs Colummnar

Answer 10

Squamos: thin and flat

Cuboidal: vube shaped

Colummnar : elongated