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31 Cards in this Set
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Epithelia are sheets of cells covering or lining body ...
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surfaces
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Epithelia are supported by a basement...
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membrane
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Epithelia have free and basal...
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surfaces
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Epithelia are normally...
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avascular
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The basement membrane provides mechanical support and adhesion to...
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surrounding materials.
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The basement membrane controls the flow of some materials to and from the...
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Epithelial cells.
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The basement membrane consists of a ... lamina produced by the epithelial cells and a ...lamina produced by connective tissue cells
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basal/reticular
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Tight junction is responsible for the polarization of...
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epithelial cells
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The structural classification of epithelia does not describe numbers of...
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cell layers.
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If an epithelium is simple, then all of its cells contact the...
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basal lamina
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If an epithelium is simple, then its cells may be either squamous, cuboidal, or...
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columnar in shape.
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If an epithelium is simple, then its cells some of its cells may bear cilia or...
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microvilli
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If an eithelium is stratified, then all its cells are not...
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the same shape.
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If an epithelium lines a tube, it's free ... is closest to the lumen.
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surface
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Which epithelial cell shape most resembles a fried egg in both
surface and side views ? |
squamous
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Cuboidal epithelial cells usually have a...
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spherical nucleus
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Columnar epithelial cells generally basal lamina produced by the epithelial cells and a reticular
have an elongated nucleus located toward the... |
base of the cell.
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Some epithelial cells of the inner ear and the epididymis bear large, branching microvilli called...
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stereocilia
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In stratified squamous keratinized epithelia, the surface cells have no nucleus or...
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organelles.
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In stratified squamous keratinized epithelia, the surface cells are packed with intermediate filaments of...
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keratin
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In stratified squamous keratinized epithelia, the surface cells are...
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dead
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Transitional epithelium is a stratified cuboidal...
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epithelium.
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Transitional epithelium looks like stratified squamous when...
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stretched.
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Transitional epithelium is
also called... |
uroepithelium.
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The simple squamous epithelium that lines blood vessels is called...
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endothelium.
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The simple squamous epithelium that lines body cavities and covers the organs projecting into them is called...
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mesothelium
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The simple columnar epithelium that looks stratified because its
crowded cells are different heights is called... |
pseudostratified
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A membrane that produces a watery fluid on its free surface is called a...
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serosa.
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The serous membranes surrounding the lungs are called...
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pleural.
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Both endothelium and mesothelium are derived from embryonic...
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mesoderm.
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Ciliated epithelia are involved in moving material through...
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tubes.
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