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Epithelial Tissues Flashcards

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Tissue

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A group of similar cells working together to accomplish a specific function

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Epithelial tissue (epithelia)

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Covers exposed surfaces

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Connective tissues

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Provides structural support

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Muscle tissue

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Contracts to produce active movement

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Neural tissue

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Conducts electrical impulses

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Free surface

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Where cells are exposed

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Avascular

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Do not contain blood vessels

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Basal lamina (basement membrane)

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Attaches epithelium to body

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Stem cells

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Produces new cells

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Simple epithelium

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A single layer of cells and provides a thin surface for exchange of materials

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Stratified epithelium

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Protect against friction, prevent dehydration, keeps invaders from entering body

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Transitional epithelium

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Kind of stratified epithelium with cells of many shapes allow tissue to stretch and recoil

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Pseudostratified epithelium

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All cells touch basal lamina (basement membrane) but cells grow at different lengths

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Squamous

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Irregularly Shaped, flat, scale like. Either for protection or secretion/diffusion

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Cuboidal

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Cubic and have large nucleus

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Columnar

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Taller than they are wide

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Goblet cells

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Secrete mucus to coat and protect the epithelia

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Thin tissue that appears as a sheet of cells

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Mesothelium

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Tissues of serous membranes

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Endothelium

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Tissues of lining of blood vessels and heart chambers

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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Lines kidney tubules, the thyroid and other glands, and ducts

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Simple columnar epithelium

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Lines most of the digestive tract, uterine tubes, and renal collecting ducts

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Stratified epithelia

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Multilayered tissues

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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Forms the superficial region of the skin (epidermis)

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Epidermis

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Superficial region of the skin

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Keratin

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Toughness cells, but kills them

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Keratinization

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Where cells are killed, dehydrated, and interlocked into a broad sheet for protection

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Nonkeratinized

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(Mucosal type) moist tissue

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Stratified cuboidal epithelium

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Found in ducts and sweat glands (rare)

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Stratified columnar epithelium

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Found in mammary glands, salivary gland ducts, regions of pharynx, epiglottis, anus, and urethra

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Pseudo columnar epithelium

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Lines nasal cavity, trachea, bronchi, parts of male reproductive tract

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Transitional epithelium

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Lines organs (bladder) that must expand and shrink

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Histology

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Study of tissues

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