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tissues
Question | Answer |
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simple squamous ET | FUNCTION: diffusion, filtration LOCATION: air sacs of lungs |
simple cuboidal ET | FUNCTION:secretion, absorption LOCATION: kidney tubules |
simple columnar ET | FUNCTION: absorption, secretion LOCATION: digestive tract |
pseudostratified columnar ET | FUNCTION: secretion, propulsion of mucus by cilia action LOCATION: trachea |
stratified squamous ET | FUNCTION: protection LOCATION: non-keratinized: mouth, esophagus, vagina, keratinized: epidermis |
stratified cuboidal ET | FUNCTION: protection LOCATION: salivary, mammary, sweat glands |
stratified columnar ET | FUNCTION: protection, secretion LOCATION: male urethra |
transitional | FUNCTION: stretches LOCATION: bladder |
smooth | FUNCTION: involuntary, propels substances through passageways LOCATION: walls of hollow organs FUNCTION: LOCATION: |
skeletal | FUNCTION: volunatry, contracts, locomotion LOCATION: attached to bones |
cardiac | FUNCTION: involuntary, contracts to propel blood into circulation LOCATION: walls of the heart |