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Function of epithelial cells (4)

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Covers surface
Cells connected
Separate compartments
Forms glands

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Classification of epithelial cells

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Squamous
Cuboidal
Columnar
Stratified
Pseudostratified
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Squamous is found

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Skin
Capillaries
Alveolar
Glomeruli

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Cuboidal is found

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Exocrine gland
Sweat gland
Salivary gland
Mammary gland
Germinal gland
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Columnar is found

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Lining of stomach and intestines

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Stratified is found

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Oesophagus

Vagina

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Pseudostratified is found

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Respiratory tract

Uterus and Fallopian tubes

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Connective tissue

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Blood, bone, adipose

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Muscle tissue

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Contractile

Skeletal, smooth and cardiac

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Nervous tissue

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Communication
Neurons
Support cells
Generates action potential
Receives, generates and transmits electrical signal
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Basement membrane

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Basal lamina + Reticular lamina

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Secondary roles of epithelium

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Movement- cilia

Absorption- microvilli

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Types of glands

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Exocrine

Endocrine

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Exocrine secretes into

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secretes into tubes

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Endocrine secretes into

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secretes into blood

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Features of exocrine gland

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Simple (tubular, acinar)
Mucous glands- trachea
Serous glands- pancreas
Myoepithelial cells- salivary

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Features of endocrin gland

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Proteinacious secretion- insulin from pancreas

Steroid glands- adrenal cortex

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Epithelial components of the liver

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Hepatocytes arranged in rows between blood vessels
Secretion
Line blood vessels and line bile ducts

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Epithelial components of kidney

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Organised in nephrons
Filtration of blood, partial absorption of filtrate, overall release of urine
Line blood vessels
Line renal pelvis

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Extracellular matrix

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Elastin and Collagen

Semi solid gel

21
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Collagen

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30% body weight
Type I tendons
Type II reticulin
Type IV basal lamina
Form stroma and provide structural support
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Elastin

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Found in sheets

Microfibrils and amorphous component

23
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Components of ECM

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Proteoglycans
Hyaluronic acid
Glycoproteins (lamina, fibronectin)
Tissue fluid

24
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Loose connective tissue

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Fibroblast
Macrophages
Adipocytes
Mast cells
Mesenchyme cells
Transient cells- WBC
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Dense connective tissue

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Regular- tendon

Irregular- sebaceous gland

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