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EPITHELIAL TISSUE--WHAT ARE THEY?

TISSUES THAT COVER BODY SURFACES/LINES ORGAN SURFACES AND WALLS/COVERS DIGESTIVE SYSTEM AND CAVITY MEMBRANES

CHARACTERISTICS OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE

--TIGHTLY PACKED TOGETHER


--TIGHT JUNCTIONS BETWEEN CELLS


--LITTLE ROOM FOR MATRIX


--SUPPORTED BY BASEMENT MEMBRANE


--AVASCULAR


--DEPENDS ON DIFFUSION


--MITOTIC


--COMBINATION WITH NERVOUS: SENSORY ORGANS

APICAL SURFACE

THE SURFACE THAT FACES THE BODY SURFACE, A BODY CAVITY, THE LUMEN OF AN INTERNAL ORGAN, OR TUBULAR DUCT THAT RECEIVES SECRETIONS.


--CAN HAVE MICROVILLI OR CILIA

LATERAL SURFACE

THE SURFACE OF EPITHELIAL CELLS THAT FACE THE ADJACENT CELL MEMBRANES




CAN HAVE TIGHT JUNCTIONS, ADHERENS JUNCTIONS, DESMOSOMES, OR GAP JUNCTIONS

BASAL SURFACE

THE SURFACE OF EPITHELIAL CELLS THAT ARE OPPOSITE OF THE APICAL SURFACE AND ADHERE TO EXTRACELLULAR SURFACES LIKE THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE

HOW ARE EPITHELIAL CELLS ORGANIZED BY?

THEY ARE ORGANIZED BY:


1. CELL SHAPE


2. # OF LAYERS



NAME THE CELL SHAPES

1. SQUAMOUS


2. CUBOIDAL


3. COLUMNAR


4. TRANSITIONAL

NAME THE LAYERS OF EPITHELIAL CELLS

1. SIMPLE


2. STRATIFIED


3. PSEUDOSTRATIFIED

NAME CHARACTERISTICS OF SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

--NUCLEI ARE OVAL AND SMALLER THAN CUBOIDAL CELLS


--MEMBRANES ARE CLEARLY OBVIOUS


--EDGES ARE NOT LINEAR BOXES (LOOK LIKE POMEGRANATE SEEDS)

NAME THREE FUNCTIONS OF SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

FILTRATION, SECRETION, DIFFUSION

WHERE ARE THREE AREAS WHERE SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM ARE LOCATED?

NEPHRON OF KIDNEYS, SEROUS MEMBRANES, LUNGS

WHERE WOULD YOU NOT FIND SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIA IN

THE EPIDERMIS BECAUSE THIS PART OF THE BODY NEEDS STRENGTH AND DURABILITY AND SIMPLE SQUAMOUS IS NOT

LIST CHARACTERISTICS OF SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

--MEMBRANE SEPARATING CELLS IS NOT AS WELL DEFINED


--NUCLEI ARE MUCH BIGGER AND ROUNDER THAN SQUAMOUS

TWO FUNCTIONS OF SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

SECRETION AND ABSORPTION

THREE AREAS IN THE BODY WHERE SIMPLE CUBOIDAL CELLS ARE FOUND

THYROID GLAND FOR SECRETION


KIDNEYS FOR ABSORPTION


SURFACE OF OVARIES




***USUALLY FOUND ON GLANDS BECAUSE OF SECRETION***

LIST CHARACTERISTICS OF SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM

--LONG COLUMNS


--FORMS WATER-TIGHT TIGHT JUNCTIONS


--OVAL NUCLEI FOUND NEAR THE BASAL SURFACE


--EITHER CILIATED OR NON CILIATED

TWO FUNCTIONS OF SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM

SECRETION AND ABSORPTION

THREE AREAS WHERE SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM ARE FOUND

GALLBLADDER FOR NONCILIATED COLUMNAR CELLS




WHOLE GI TRACT




FALLOPIAN TUBES

WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF SIMPLE COLUMNAR OVER THAT OF SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM OR SIMPLE SQUAMOUS?

THE CELLS ARE SO LONG THAT THEY CAN FIT ENZYMES IN THERE AND MAKE GREAT CELL WALLS THAT ARE WATERTIGHT



LIST CHARACTERISTICS OF STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIA

--LAYERS MAY NOT LOOK SQUAMOUS AT THE BASAL SURFACE BUT THE APICAL SURFACE MAKES IT OBVIOUS



FUNCTIONS OF STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIA

PROTECTION

THREE ARES OF BODY WHERE STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS IS FOUND

EPIDERMIS COVERING THE SURFACE OF SKIN,


MOUTH


ANUS

WHAT IS KERATINIZED STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS

KERATINIZED SKIN HAS THE BEST PROTECTION TO PROTECT FOR THE BODY AND IT IS HARDENED BY PROTEINS.




FOUND IN EPIDERMIS ONLY

NAME CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSITIONAL CELL

CHANGES SHAPE FROM FLAT TO CUBOIDAL


--CELLS ARE TEARDROPS

FUNCTION OF TRANSITIONAL CELLS

CHANGES SHAPE

AREA OF THE BODY WHERE TRANSITIONAL TISSUE IS FOUND

URINARY BLADDER

CHARACTERISTICS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

THIS IS THE MOST ABUNDANT TYPE OF TISSUE IN THE BODY

WHAT DOES CONNECTIVE TISSUE CONTAIN?

IT IS MADE OF UP OF THE MATRIX AND CELLS

WHAT IS THE MATRIX MADE OUT OF?

THE MATRIX IS MADE UP OF GROUND SUBSTANCES AND FIBER

CHARACTERISTICS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS

MORE SPACED OUT

CHARACTERISTICS OF AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

--LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE TYPE


--HAS COLLAGEN, ELASTIC, AND RETICULAR FIBERS


--CONNECTIVE TISSUE HAS MORE MATRIX THAN CELLS


***GLUES ONE ORGAN TO ANOTHER OR SKIN TO SKIN***

THREE FUNCTIONS OF AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

GLUE, STRENGTH, SUPPORT, ELASTICITY

THREE AREAS WHERE AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE IS FOUND

COVERS ORGANS, SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER OF SKIN, AROUND NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS



CHARACTERISTICS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE

--CONSIDERED AS LOOSE TISSUE EVEN THOUGH ADIPOSE IS THE EXCEPTION AND IS ACTUALLY TIGHTLY PACKED


--VASCULAR


--SMALL NUCLEUS


--CELLS LOOK WHITE BECAUSE OF TRIGLYERIDES



FOUR FUNCTIONS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE

ENERGY RESERVE, INSULATION, PROTECTION, SUPPORT

THREE AREAS WHERE ADIPOSE TISSUE IS FOUND

COVERS ORGANS, SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER OF SKIN

CHARACTERISTICS OF DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

--FIBERS ARE ALL IN THE SAME DIRECTION


--FIBERS ARE TIGHTLY PACKED TOGETHER


--HAS FIBROBLAST CELLS THAT MAKE FIBERS


--CAN WITHSTAND PULLING IN ONE DIRECTION

FUNCTION OF DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

STRENGTH BETWEEN STRUCTURES

THREE AREAS IN BODY WHERE DENSE REGULAR TISSUE IS FOUND

TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS




TENDONS: MUSCLE TO BONE CONNECTION


LIGAMENT: BONE TO BONE

COMPACT BONE TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS

THIS TYPE OF BONE LOOKS LIKE A FOREST OF STUMPS AND GROWTH RINGS



HYALINE CARTILAGE CHARACTERISTICS

--LOOKS PURPLE WITH GLASSY ORBS


--CIRCLES ARE WHERE CELLS USED TO LIVE


--THIS TYPE OF CARTILAGE HAS NO BLOOD VESSELS SO SLOWER METABOLISM AND RELIES ON DIFFUSION

THREE FUNCTIONS OF HYALINE CARTILAGE

FLEXIBILITY, SUPPORT, REDUCES FRICTION, ABSORBS SHOCK

THREE AREAS IN BODY WHERE HYALINE CARTILAGE IS FOUND

BONE ARTICULATION, NOSE, TRACHEA, COSTAL CARTILAGE

WHAT ARE TWO OTHER TYPES OF CARTILAGE BESIDES HYALINE?

FIBROCARTILAGE AND ELASTIC CARTILAGE