Epithelium Flashcards

1
Q

_______ will always be present in epithelium

A

Basal lamina

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2
Q

What’s another name for basal lamina?

A

Basement membrane

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3
Q

__________ epithelium is found in organs where protection is needed by need things to pass through

A

Simple squamous

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4
Q

_____________ epithelium is present in blood vessels, kidney and lung

A

Simple squamous

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5
Q

____________ epithelium is a single layer of square shaped cells with round nuclei in the center of the cell

A

Simple cuboidal

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6
Q

_____________ epithelium is seen in the thyroid gland, kidney

A

Simple cuboidal

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7
Q

_________ are types of cells primarily found in the digestive system and are long rectangles

A

Simple columnar

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8
Q

When you see columnar in the name, what is it important to look for?

A

Cilia

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9
Q

How does someone identify the epithelium that have multiple layers?

A

Go to the lumen and look at the first layer of cells

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10
Q

______________ have multiple layers of cells but the top layer of cells do not have nuclei

A

Stratified squamous; keratinized

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11
Q

____________ has two layers of cuboidal cells

A

Stratified cuboidal

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12
Q

Where do you go when you need to identity stratified columnar epithelium?

A

Lumen and look to see if see a rectangular shape

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13
Q

In _________ epithelium every cell roughed the basement membrane but not all of the cells reach the luminal surface

A

Ciliated or noncililated pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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14
Q

___________ looks like stratified cuboidal epithelium but will always have more than 2 layers of cells and have a scalloped luminal surface

A

Transitional epithelium

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15
Q

__________ seals neighboring cells together in an epthelial sheet to prevent leakage of molecules between them

A

Tight junction

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16
Q

__________ joins an actin bundle in one cell to a similar bundle in a neighboring cell

A

Adherns junction

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17
Q

________ joins the intermediate filaments in one cell to those in a neighbor

A

Desmosome

18
Q

_____________ allows the passage of small water-soluble ions and molecules

A

Gap junctions

19
Q

__________ anchors intermediate filaments in a cell to the basal lamina

A

Hemidesmosome

20
Q

___________ can be classified as unicellular or multicellular

A

Glandular units of glandular epithelium

21
Q

_________ cells are examples of unicellular glandular units

A

Goblet cells

22
Q

__________ are examples of multicellular glandular units

A

Salivary glands

23
Q

How do you classify if a glandular unit is multicellular vs unicellular?

A

The number of cells that are in the secretory unit if one cell then unicellular if multipleunits then multicellular

24
Q

__________ glands are those that secrete a secretory solution at a remote site and then deliver it to its target through a duct

A

Exocrine

25
Q

Exocrine glands are classified as ________ or ________ based on the ducts

A

Simple = 1 duct

Compound = branched ducts

26
Q

_______ glands take product and deliver it to the blood

A

Endocrine

27
Q

_______ gland secretes contents of glands through exocytosis and can quickly recreate it

A

Merocrine

28
Q

_______ cells are made up of mucin granules

A

Goblet cells

29
Q

_______ are a line of secretory units together

A

Secretory sheet

Ex: stomach

30
Q

______ are extensions of the cytoplasm on the apical surface of the cell

A

Microvilli

31
Q

________ are motile processes protruding from the cell that follow a 9+2 rule

A

Cilia

32
Q

__________ glands use exocytosis as a means of granules to leave the cell

A

Merocrine

33
Q

________ glands shed the product with the entire cell

A

Holocrine

34
Q

_______ shed product with apical part of the cell

A

Apocrine

35
Q

Endocrine glands are _______ while exocrine glands have ________

A

Ductless

Have duct (simple (1) or compound (branching))

36
Q

Glandular epithelium can be classified in what 3 ways?

A

Merocrine

Holocrine

Apocrine

37
Q

What is an example of a unicellular exocrine gland

A

Goblet cell

38
Q

What is an example of a secretory sheet?

A

Gastric mucosa

39
Q

__________ extend into the microvilli and connect to a terminal web

A

Terminal bars

40
Q

A ________ encircles the cells near their apical surfaces and maintains the physical integrity of the epithelium

A

Zonula adherens

41
Q

____________ involve Ca and allow liquid to flow between the cell

A

Zonula adherns