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| Simple Squamous Epithelium |
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Thin flat cells single layer,
Filtration, diffusion, osmosis, covers surfaces
Lungs, capillaries, blood and lymph vessels |
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| Simple Cuboidal Epithelium |
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Cube shaped, single layer
Secretion, Absorption
Ovaries, kidney tubules |
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| Simple columnar epithelium |
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Single layer, row of elongated cells, have microvilli, can have goblet cells
Absorption, secretion, protection
Uterus, intestines, stomach |
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| Pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
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appear layered due to nuclei in various positions, cilli may be present, goblet cells
protection, secretion, movement of mucus
Respiratory passages |
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| Stratified squamous epithelium |
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Layers of flat cells
Protection
Outer layer of skin, oral cavity, throat vagina, anal canal |
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| Stratified Cuboidal epithelium |
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2 or 3 layers of cube cells
Protection
Mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary glands, pancreas |
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| Stratified Columnar epithelium |
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Several layers of column cells
Protection, Secretion
male urethra, pharnyx |
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can expand and return to normal size
secretion
Protection
urinary bladder, ureters, urethra |
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cells designed to produce and secrete substances
secretion
salivary glands, sweat glands, endocrine glands |
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| thin fibers under epithelium which line cavities and surfaces of organs |
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fluid product released through cell membrane by exocytosis
Salivary, pancreatic, sweat glands |
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Cellular products and free ends of gland cells pinch off during secretion
Mammary, external ear canal |
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entire cells desintegrate
sebaceous glands |
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| Exocrine glands/endocrine glands |
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Definition
| secrete into ducts/ secrete into body fluids and blood |
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| Purpose of connective tissues |
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Definition
bind, support, protect, store fat
have extracellular matrix and good blood supplies |
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| Connective tissue cell, produces fibers, |
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| connective tissue cell, defend against infection, carry out phagocytosis |
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| connective tissue cell, release heparin and histamine |
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| connective tissue, holds parts together, ligaments (bone to bone) and tendons (muscle to bone) |
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| made of elastin, stretch easily |
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| connective tissue, delicate support |
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long, cylindrical, striated, many nuclei
voluntary movement
usually attached to bones |
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no striations, spindle shaped cells
involuntary movements of internal organs
walls of hollow internal organs |
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have strations and intercalated disks
heart movements
heart muscle |
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found in brain, spinal cord, and nerves
function in reception and conduction of electrical impulses |
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| large organ responsible for maintaining homeostasis |
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| line body cavities that lack openings to the outside |
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| line the cavities and openings that lead to the outside of the body |
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| epidermis, then dermis, then subcutaneous |
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