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13 Cards in this Set
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Where are epithelial cells derived from?
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Endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm
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How does epithelial tissue get nutrients?
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It is avascular, so it must diffuse nutrients and waste through basal lamina
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What is the mesothelium?
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Lines pleural, pericadrdial, and peritonial cavities.
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What is the endothelium?
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Cells that line the lumen of blood and lymphatic vessels
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What is an example of simple cuboidal epithelium?
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Kidney tubules
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What is an example of a simple columnar epithelium?
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Digestive tract.
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What is an example of a stratified cuboidal epithelium?
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Ducts of sweat glands
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What is an example of a pseudostratified epithelium?
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Respiratory epithelium!
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What is an example of transitional epithelium?
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Urinary tract/bladder: TRANSITIONS in shape upon diestension
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What are microvilli?
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- Cytoplasmic projections at apical surface for surface area.
- ACTIN filaments |
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What are cilia?
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- Motile hair-like projections
- Microtubules |
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What organelles are found at the BASAL end of the cell?
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- Nucleus, RER, mitochondria
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What organelles are found at the APICAL end of the cell?
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- Golgi apparatus, secretory vesicles
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