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22 Cards in this Set
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Epithelial tissue |
Covers all surfaces of human body |
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3 characteristics of epithelial cells |
Structurally polarized, non-vascular, tightly packed |
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Arrangements of epithelial cells |
Simple, stratified, pseudostratified |
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Cell shapes |
Squamous, cuboidal,columnar |
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Basement membrane |
Collagen IV, laminin and proteoglycans |
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Simple squamous purpose |
Easy diffusiom |
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Simple squamous locations |
Alveoli of lung, kidney, lines blood vessels, lines body cavities |
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Simple squamous |
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Simple cuboidal purpose |
Absorption, secretion, excretion |
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Simple cuboidal location |
Female ovaries, lens of eye, tubules I'm kidneys, ducts and glands |
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Simple cuboidal |
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Simple columnar purpose |
Sometime have microvilli, absorb nutrients, mucus secreting goblet cells, cilia |
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Simple columnar locations |
Lumen in small intestine, ciliated in upper respiratory track, uterus, and fallopian tubes, in stomach, sinuses and central canal of spinal cord |
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Simple columnar |
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Pseudostratified columnar |
Cilia and goblet cells, traps stuff |
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Pseudostratified columnar locations |
Trachea, male reproductive system |
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Pseudostratified columnar |
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Stratified squamous |
Cells push up to replace old cells and get flattened. |
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Stratified squamous locations |
Skin, mouth, throat, esophagus, vagina, anal canal |
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Transitional |
In the bladder |
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Exocrine |
Secretes into ducts to free surface |
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Endocrine |
Secretes into blood stream |
