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Anatomy
Epithelial Tissues
Question | Answer |
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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 |