SAS 4 Flashcards
Lining, covering, and glandular tissue of the body
Epithelial Tissue
____ = laid on, covering
epithe
Epithelial functions
Protection, Absorption, Filtration, Secretion
Classification of Epithelia
Simple Epithelia, Stratified Epithelia, Glandular Epithelium
One layer of cell
Simple epithelium
More than one layer
Stratified epithelium
Cell that is flattened like fish scales
Squamous cells
Cube-shaped like dice cell
Cuboidal cells
Shaped like columns
Columnar cells
Single layer of thin squamous cells resting on a basement membrane
Simple squamous epithelium
One layer of cuboidal cells resting on a basement membrane
Simple cuboidal epithelium
Single layer of tall cells that fit closely together
Simple columnar epithelium
Some of its cell are shorter than others, and their nuclei appear at different heights above the basement membrane
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
Most common stratified epithelium in the body, and usually consists of many cell layers
Stratified squamous epithelium
Two cell layers with (at least) the surface cells being cuboidal in shape
Stratified cuboidal epithelium