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Anatomy
Epithelial Tissues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lungs, blood vessels, etc. | Simple Squamous Location |
| Glands, kidneys, etc. | Simple Cuboidal Location |
| Digestive tract, uterus, etc. | Simple Columnar Location |
| Skin, esophagus, vagina, etc. | Stratified Squamous Location |
| Lines larger ducts or glands | Stratified Cuboidal Location |
| Male urethra, pharynx, etc. | Stratified Columnar Location |
| Respiratory Tract | Pseudostratified Location |
| Stomach, bladder, etc. | Transitional Location |
| Allow movement of substances | Simple Squamous Function |
| Secretion, absorption | Simple Cuboidal Function |
| Protection, secretion, absorption | Simple Columnar Function |
| Protection | Stratified Squamous Function |
| Lining glands and ducts | Stratified Cuboidal Function |
| Allow substance movement | Stratified Columnar Function |
| Secretion | Pseudostratified Function |
| Tension, helps prevent diffusion of contents | Transitional Function |
| Ovular, flattened, pancake shapes with one nucleus; single layer | Simple Squamous Cell Shape |
| Square shaped with a single nucleus; single layer | Simple Cuboidal Cell Shape |
| Rectangular shaped with a single nucleus; single layer | Simple Columnar Cell Shape |
| Ovular, flattened, pancakes with a single nucleus; multiple layers | Stratified Squamous Cell Shape |
| Square shaped with a single nucleus; multiple layers | Stratified Cuboidal Cell Shape |
| Rectangular shaped with a single nucleus; multiple layers | Stratified Columnar Cell Shape |
| Has cilia and goblet molecules, multiple layers of strange shaped epithelials | Pseudostratified Cell Shape |
| Random, squished, epithelial cells | Transitional Cell Shape |