Epithelium Flashcards

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1
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What is the histological name of respiratory epithelium?

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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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2
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What type of tissue lines sub-tracheal glands?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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3
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What type of tissue lines the bronchus?

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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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4
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What type of tissues lines bronchioles?

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Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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5
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What tissue lines terminal bronchioles?

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Starts as Ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium, transitions to Ciliated simple columnar epithelium, and finally to simple squamous epithelium in the alveoli.

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What types of tissue lines the alveoli?

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Simple squamous epithelium

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What type of tissue lines the esophagus?

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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How can you distinguish the stratified squamous epithelium of the esophagus from the simple squamous of the epidermis and vagina?

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Differs from the epidermis in not having multiple layers

Differs from vagina in not having light stained glycogen saturated epithelium

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What type of cells line the distal convoluted tubule?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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What type of cells line the proximal convoluted tubule?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium with a brush border.

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What type of cells make up the macula densa?

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Modified simple cuboidal epithelium

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12
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What cells make up the visceral layer of bowman’s capsule?

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Simple squamous epithelium with podocytes.

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13
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What structures make up the renal corpuscle?

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Bowman’s capsule and the glomularis.

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What cells make up the parietal layer of bowman’s capsule?

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Simple squamous epithelium with tight junctions.

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What cells make up the epithelium of the thin portion of the loop of henle?

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Simple squamous epithelium

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16
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What cells make up the lining of the capillaries of the vasa recta?

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Simple squamous epithelium

17
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What cells line the collecting ducts in the medulla of the kidney?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

18
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What is endothelium?

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Simple squamous epithelium which lines the inside of the entire circulatory system.

19
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What are the layers that surround a blood vessel?

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The tunica intima, composed of connective tissue and simple squamous epithelium
Tunica media, smooth muscle
Tunica adventitia, connective tissue layer

20
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What cells make up the vestibular membrane?

A

Simple squamous epithelium

21
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What are tectorial hair cells?

A

Modified bipolar neurons or modified stereocilia.

22
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What cells make up the outer epithelial layer of the cornea?

A

Highly modified stratified squamous epithelium

23
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What cells make up the intermediate connective tissue layer of th cornea?

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Highly modified dense collage nous connective tissue regularly arranged

24
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What cells make up the inner epithelium of the cornea?

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Highly modified simple squamous epithelium

25
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What is the epithelium of the esophagus?

A

Stratified squamous epithelium

26
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What is the epithelium of the stomach?

A

Simple columnar epithelium

27
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What is the epithelium of the small intestine?

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Simple columnar epithelium with a striated border

28
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What is the epithelium of the appendix?

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Simple columnar epithelium with a striated border

29
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What is the epithelium of the large intestine and how can it be distinguished from the small?

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Simple columnar epithelium
Distinguished by the large number of goblet cells and invaginations, rather than evaginations, that reach all the way to the lamina propria

30
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What is the epithelium of the oviduct?

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Ciliated simple columnar epithelium

31
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What is the epithelium of the uterine endometrium?

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Simple columnar eptithelium

32
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What is the epithelium of the vagina?

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Stratified squamous epithelium with vaginal glands

33
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What is the epithelium of the epididymis?

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Stereociliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium

34
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What is the epithelium of the vas deferens?

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Stereociliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium

Though the nearer the outlet of the vas deferens you are, there is a transition to simple columnar

35
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What is the epithelium of the ureter?

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Transitional or uroepithelium

36
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What is the epithelium of the urethra?

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Transitional or uroepithelium, transitioning to simple squamous epithelium as you get closer to the urethra’s exit from the body.