Lab terms 6 & 7 Flashcards
Simple Squamous Epithelium
Primary Tissue Type: Epithelial
Important Features: Thin flat cells, nucleus bulging, basement membrane
Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
Primary Tissue Type: Epithelial
Important Features: Cube-shaped cells, large central nucleus, basement membrane
Simple Columnar Epithelium
Primary Tissue Type: Epithelial
Important Features: Tall cells, oval nucleus at base, goblet cells, basement membrane
Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium
Primary Tissue Type: Epithelial
Important Features: Appears layered, cilia on the surface, goblet cells, basement membrane
Stratified Squamous Epithelium
Primary Tissue Type: Epithelial
Important Features: Multiple layers, keratinized (outer layer dead), unkeratinized (moist)
Transitional Epithelium
Primary Tissue Type: Epithelial
Important Features: Allows stretching, dome-shaped surface cells, basement membrane
Cardiac Muscle
Primary Tissue Type: Muscle
Important Features: Striations, intercalated discs, involuntary
Skeletal Muscle
Primary Tissue Type: Muscle
Important Features: Striations, multinucleated, voluntary
Smooth Muscle
Primary Tissue Type: Muscle
Important Features: Non-striated, spindle-shaped cells, involuntary
Intercalated discs
in cardiac muscle
NERVOUS TISSUE
Communicates with other cells in the body using electric and chemical signals
MUSCLE TISSUE
Specialized to contract (or shorten) to move body parts.
EPITHELIAL TISSUE
Forms a lining or covering; often seen as cells lining a “white space.”
Neurons
Primary Tissue Type: Nervous
Important Features: Cell body (soma), axon, dendrites
Neuroglia (Supporting Cells)
Primary Tissue Type: Nervous
Important Features: Support and protect neurons, various types (e.g., astrocytes, microglia)
