Types of Tissue Flashcards
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
smooth, skeletal, and cardiac
What does connective tissue do?
Binds, supports, stores, and transports substances.
What does Epithelial tissue do?
Protect, Secrete, and absorb
Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue
Supported by connective tissue, avascular, can regenerate and contains nerves.
What does simple mean in the context of Epithelial tissue?
Single layered
What does stratified mean in the context of Epithelial tissue?
Two or more layers?
What is the shape of a squamous cell?
Flattened
What is the shape of a cuboidal cell?
Cube-Shaped
What is the shape of a columnar cell?
Tall and Column
What is a single layer of flat cells called? (Used for diffusion of things like gases)
Simple Squamous
What is a layer of cells involved in secretion called. (located in endocrine, and sweat glands)
Simple Cuboidal
What type of cells are used for absorption, and located in digestive, reproductive, and respiratory systems?
Simple columnar
What type of cells are a single layer of irregular cells? (Contains cilia, and goblets cells?)
Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium
What do goblet cells do?
Secrete mucus
What type of cells are layer, used to protect, and are located in the skin?
Stratified squamous
What type of cells are circular, and used for expansion in the urinary tract?
Transitional
Squamous meaning
flattened
Simple meaning
Single layered
Stratified meaning
Single layer
Cuboidal meaning
Cube shaped
What type of cells function in protection?
Stratified Squamous
What type of cells are involved in glands?
Simple Cuboidal
What type of cells are keratinized?
Stratified squamous
Where are Pseudo-stratified Columnar Epithelium cells located?
Lining the respiratory tract
Where do long term smokers see a break down in, causing smokers cough
Cilia
What are glands made of?
Made up of multiple cells that either make or secrete a specific substance
What are the two types of glands?
Endocrine, exocrine
List the types exocrine glands
Digestive, Salivary and, sweat glands
List the types of endocrine glands
Thyroid, Pituitary, and adrenal
Where does connective tissue develop?
From Mesenchyme (Embryonic tissue)
What are the 3 types of fibers?
Collagen, Elastic, and reticular.
What does Osteo refer to?
Bone
What is the function of Areolar CT
Binding + Support, lines body cavities
Function of adipose CT?
Store energy in the form of fatty acids
Function of Reticular CT?
Filtration
Function of dense regular CT?
Support
Function of Dense irregular CT?
Flexibility without stretching
Function of Elastic CT?
Allows for stretch+Recoil
What is the deepest layer of the Epidermis
Stratum Basle
