Chapter 4: Tissues Flashcards
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Where is simple columnar epithelium found in the body?
Lining the fallopian tubes, the stomach, and the small and large intestines
Where would ciliated epithelia be found?
In the trachea
What are characteristic of simple squamous epithelium?
Found next to free space called lumen and attach to form a sheet-like arrangement
Where is simple squamous epithelium found in the body?
Kidneys, lining of blood vessels, and alveoli
What are characteristics of straitified squamous epithelium?
The squamous cells closer to the lumen are flatter while those closer to the connective tissue are fuller and rounder
Always adjacent to a free space or lumen
Identify the primary functions of areolar connective tissue
Supports epithelium and connects different tissue types
Where is areolar connective tissue found in the body?
Underlying epithelium of the esophagus and trachea, and underlying the epidermis
What are the visible characteristics of dense irregular connective tissue?
Fibers create web-type pattern
Collagen fibers run in different directions
Fibroblast nuclei are visible in sporadic arrangement
Identify the primary functions of dense irregular connective tissue
Provides strength and resists stress applied among multiple spatial planes
Where is dense regular connective tissue found in the body?
Forms tendons
Forms part of the wall of large arteries
Identify the primary functions of hyaline cartilage
Provides strength and structural support
Where is hyaline cartilage found in the body?
Nose
Joints
Trachea
Describe the apical surface
Closest to or on the luminal surface
Secretions from globlet cells are released from the apical surface
Sometimes covered in cilia
Where is simple columnar epithelium found in the body?
Lining the fallopian tubes, the stomach and the intestines
The wall of the alveoli in the lung is composed of which type of epithelium?
Simple squamous epithelium
The proximal tubule of the nephron is composed of which type of epithelium?
Simple cuboidal
The epithelium of the esophagus is composed of which type of epithelial tissue?
Stratified squamous
Which of the muscle types has multiple nuclei?
Skeletal
Identify the primary functions of simple squamous epithelium cells
Diffusion and filtration
Where is the basement membrane located?
At the boundary between connective tissue and epithelium
What is the function of stratified squamous epithelium?
Protection
Where is stratified squamous epithelium found in the body?
The esophagus, epidermis, and vagina
What best describes transitional epithelium?
Cells that are more cuboidal in a relaxed state but more squamous when stretched
What are the visible characteristics of transitional epithelium?
Multiple layers of cells of different heights
Rounded apical surfaces resembling tombstone
Neighbors lumen
