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Epithelial Tissue

Chapter 5

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Skin accounts for how much of your body weight? 15%
Identify #6 stratified cuboidal
Functions of epithelial tissue Protection, Secretion, Excretion, Absorption, and Senses
Means single layer simple
Type of epithelium that functions in diffusion and filtration; found in the air sacs of lungs and capillaries simple squamous
Where epithelial tissue is attached to underlying connective tissue basement membrane
Cells reproduce rapidly, resulting in rapid healing
Single layer of cube shaped cells simple cuboidal
Increases the surface area for absorption microvilli
Functions in protection; found on the skin and lining body cavities such as the mouth, vagina, and anus stratified squamous
Found in the digestive tract and uterus simple columnar
Cells can either be flat when distended or thick cubes when collapsed; found in the urinary bladder transitional epithelium
Main type of epithelium; functions in secretion glandular epithelium
Found lining air passages like the trachea and tubes of the reproductive system; contains cilia pseudostratified columnar
Secrete mucus goblet cells
Means multiple layers stratified
Means flat cells squamous
Identify #3 stratified squamous
Identify the picture glandular epithelium
How is epithelial tissue classified? shape and layer of cells
Means square or cube shaped cuboidal
Goblet cells and cilia are found in what type of epithelial? columnar cells
A group of similar cells working together to perform common functions tissue
Identify # 1 transitional
Identify #8 pseudostratified columnar
Identify #17 stratified columnar
Identify #11 stratified squamous
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