Exam 1- Ex. 5- Tissues Flashcards
Internal communication; Brain, spinal chord, and nerves
Nervous Tissue
Contracts to cause movement
Muscle Tissue
Forms boundaries between different environments, protects, excretes, absorbs, and filters
Epithelial Tissue
Support, protects,binds other tissues together
Connective Tissue
A sheet of cells that covers a body surface or lines a body cavity
Epithelial Tissue
What are two types of epithelial tissue?
Cover and lining epithelium and glandular epithelium
Flat single layer
Simple Squamous
Where is simple squamous found?
Kidney glomeruli, air sacs of lungs, lining of heart
Single, cubelike cells
Simple Cuboidal
Where is simple cuboidal located?
Kidney tubules
Resembles both stratified squamous and stratified cuboidal
Transitional
Where is transitional located?
Lines the ureters, urinary bladder
Single, Tall cells
Simple Columnar
Where is simple columnar located?
Lines most of digestive tract, gall bladder
Single layer of cells of differing heights
Pseudostratified Columnar