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Epithelial Tissue
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Form the working surface of skin and all body cavity, including glands, ducts and vessels. They protect, secrete and absorb.
Epithelial cells are connected by one or more junctions. |
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Simple Epithilia
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In simple epithelial the surface tissue functions in filtration, diffusion, secretion and absorption.
Simple epithelia lines air cells, blood and lymphatic vessels, glands, body cavity membrane and viscera. |
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Simple Squamous Epithelium
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Are thin, plate like cells. They function in diffusion and line the heart, all blood and lymphatic vessels, air cells, body cavities, and glomeruli in the urinary tract.
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelia
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Ate generally secretory cells and make up glands throughout the body. Found in tubules, kidneys and terminal bronchioles of the lungs.
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Simple Columnal Epithelium
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Line the gastrointestinal tract and concerned with secretion and absolution. Their free (apical) surface may be covered by finger like projections called (microvilli) increasing the surface area for secretion/absorption.
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Pseudostratified Epithelium
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Look stratified but are not. Bunched together in a single layer attache to the the basement membrane. Found in the respiratory tract.
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