Tissue level of organization Flashcards
What are the 4 types of tissues?
Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nervous
What is another name for the free surface?
Apical surface
What makes up the basement membrane?
Basal lamina and reticular lamina
What is zonula adheris?
cells stick together in middle
What is zonula occludens?
Cell membranes almost knit at top
What is lamina?
A gooey secretion
How do cells communicate?
Desmosomes and gap junctions
Where can simple squamous be found?
Blood capillaries and alveoli
What is simple columnar typically used for?
absorption and secretion
Where in the human body do we find ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithilieum?
Respiratory system
Where are mucous membranes (mucose) found?
Anywhere where it is open to the outside world
Where are serous membranes (serosa) found?
where it is never open to the outside world
