Chapter 4 Flashcards
(51 cards)
Protection, support, transportation, binding, space filling
Connective
Communication, integration, conduction, coordination
Nervous
Covers body, lines organs, cavities and ducts, forms glands
Epithelial
T or F: epithelial has a good blood supply
False
T or F: Epithelial is arranged in continuos sheets-single or multiple layers
True
T or F: Epithelial has much intercellular space
False
T or F: Epithelial has a nerve supply
True
T or F: Epithelial grows and reproduces easily
True
T or F: Epithelial is attached to muscle tissue
False
Single layer for activities like diffusion, osmosis, secretion
Simple
Multiple layers for protection of tissue below
Stratified
Looks stratified but is not
Pseudostratified
Flat
Squamous
Cube shaped
Cuboidal
Tall and cylindrical or rectangular
Columnar
Changes shape from cuboidal to columnar depending on stretching
Transitional
Lines air sacs of lungs, where thin cells are required for diffusion
Simple squamous
Single layer of cube-shaped cells; found in kidney tubules
Simple cuboidal
Lines urinary tract, as in bladder, permitting distention
Transitional
Lines the inner surface of the stomach and intestine
Simple columnar, nonciliated
Lines mouth; present on outer surface of skin
Stratified squamous
Not a true stratified; all cells on basement membrane, but some do not reach surface of tissue
Pseudostratified columnar
Line upper respiratory passageways
Simple columnar, ciliated
Define the term gland
Consists of one cell or group of highly specialized epithelial cells that secrete substances into ducts, onto surface, or into the blood.