Epithelium Flashcards
Where is Simple Epithelium usually found?
On surface tissue
Where does Simple Epithelium filtrate?
Kidneys
Where does Simple Epithelium diffuse?
Lungs
Where does Simple Epithelium secrete?
Glands
Where does Simple Epithelium absorb?
Gut Tube (GI tract)
Stratified Epithelium line what?
skin oral cavity pharynx esophagus vagina anus
The bottom cells of stratified Epithelium are what?
cuboidal or columnar
The outer cells of stratified epithelium are flat and may contain what?
Keratin
Transitional Epithelium lines what?
The bladder
Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium is prominent where?
The Respiratory tract
Exocrine glands secrete to the inside or outside of the body?
Outside
If it does not secrete a hormone, what is it?
Exocrine gland
If it secretes a hormone, what is it?
Endocrine gland
The Pancreatic _____ is exocrine
Acini
The Thyroid is?
Endocrine