Histology: Location & Function Flashcards
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F: Collecting Ducts
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Water reabsorption
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L & F: Simple Squamous Epithelium
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- Lines alveoli in lungs - gas exchange, oxygen & carbon dioxide
- Lines blood vessels- exchange of gases, nutrients & waste
- Surface of serous membranes- secretion
- Glomerulus & Bowman’s capsule- filtration
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F: Proximal Convoluted Tubules
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Reabsorption (from renal filtrate into blood)
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F: Distal Convoluted Tubules
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Secretion (from blood into renal filtrate)
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L: Hyaline Cartilage
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- Articular Cartilage
- Costal Cartilage
- Tracheal and Bronchial Rings
- Septal Cartilage of Nasal Cavity
- Embryonic Skeleton
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L: Elastic Cartilage
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- Auricle of Ear
- Epiglottis
- Eustachian Tube or Pharyngotympanic Tube
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L: Fibrocartilage
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- Symphysis Pubis
- Intervertebral Discs
- Menisci of Knee Joint
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L: Simple Columnar Ciliated Epithelium
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Fallopian Tubes
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L: Pseudostratified Columnar Ciliated Epithelium
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Trachea & Bronchi
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L: Nonkeratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium
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- Mouth
- Pharynx
- Esophagus
- Anus
- Vagina
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L: Keratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium
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Epidermis of Skin
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L: Transitional Epithelium
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- Ureters
- Urinary Bladder
- Urethra
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L: Loose Areolar Connective Tissue
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- Subcutaneous tissue
- Surrounds and supports organs, blood vessels & nerves
- Between muscles
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L: Adipose Tissue
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- Subcutaneous tissue
- Around the kidneys and heart
- Behind the eyeball
- Padding around joints
- Breasts of mature females
