the tissue Flashcards
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Epithelial tissue
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- covers exposed surfaces
- lines internal passageways and chambers (organs/cavities)
- produces glandular secretions
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Connective tissue
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- Fills internal spaces
- provides structural support
- stores energy
- supports, surrounds, connects other tissues
- defends body from invasin
- protects organs
- transport fluid and dissolved tissue
- Ex: bones, cartilage
3
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Muscle tissue
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- Contracts to produce movement
- includes skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, and smooth muscle
4
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Nervous tissue
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- conductes electrical impulses
- carried info
5
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Epithelia
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- cells exhibit polarity (has top and bottom)
- apical specializations: microvilli, cilia, stereocilia
- “bottom” = basal surface
- attached to underlying basement membrane (floor on which cells will stand)
- cells connected to one another at lateral surface
6
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One layer of epithelia
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simple
7
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Several layers of epithelia
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Straified
8
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Epithelia: Shape of cell at the top – flat
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Squamous
9
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Epithelia: shape of cell at the top – square/cube
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- Cuboidal
10
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Epithelia: shape of cells at the top – taller than they are wide
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- columnar
11
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Simple Squamous Epithelia
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- one layer of flat cells
- locations: serous cavities, some blood vessels, alveoli of lungs
- fxns: reduces friction, allows permeability, allows absorption and secretion
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Stratified Squamous Epithelia
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- several layers of cells; top layer is flat
- locations: surface of skin, lining of oral cavity, throat, rectum, anus, vagina
- fxnx: protection
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Simple cuboidal epithelia
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- one layer of cells;appear cube-shaped
- locations: glands, ducts, kidney tubules
- fxn: limited protection, secrete, and absorb
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Stratified cuboidal epithelia
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- several layers of cells; top layers appears cube-shaped
- locations: some ducts (rare)
- fxn: protection, secretion, absorption
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Simple columnar epithelia
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- one layer of cells; taller than they are wide
- locations: lining of digestive system, uterine tubes, collecting ducts of kidneys
- fxn: protection, secretion, absoprtion
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Stratified columnar epithelia
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- Several layers of cells; top layer is columnar
- locations: relatively rare, small parts of pharynx, mammary glands, salivary gland ducts, urethea
- fxn: protection
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Pseudostratified epithelium
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- all cells rest on basement membrane, but nuclei are located at varying distances
- locations: respiratory tract, male reproductive tractv
- fxn: protection, secretion
18
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Transitional epithelium
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- transitional: stratified; can stretch
- locations: urinary tract
- fxn: permits expansion and recoil