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