Tissue Types Flashcards
1
Q
conduct impulses
A
nervous
2
Q
contractile
A
muscle
3
Q
covering body parts
A
epithelial
4
Q
connects, supports, protects, insulates, and transports
A
connective
5
Q
secures cells to underlying connective tissue
A
basement membrane
6
Q
- Single layer, flattened
- Difussion and filtration
A
simple squamous
7
Q
- Single layer, cube shaped
- Secretion and absorption
A
simple cuboidal
8
Q
- Tall slender, elongated cells
- Absorption, secretion of mucus, if ciliated propels mucus
A
simple columnar
9
Q
- Single layer of cells that looks like several layers, may contain goblet cells and cilia
- Secretion, ciliated propels mucus
A
pseudostratified columnar
10
Q
-Protects underlying tissues in areas subjected to abrasion
A
Stratified Squamous
11
Q
Many layers of living cells
A
nonkeratinized
12
Q
Flatten, dead, dry cells
A
keratinized
13
Q
- Two layers of cube like cells
- Protection
A
Stratified Cuboidal
14
Q
Flexible cells that stretch and regain strength
A
transitional
15
Q
line body cavities open to outside, contain mucous producing
A
Mucous membrane
