Structure
Describe lateral surface of an epithelial tissue
What is facing adjacent cells?
Selectively permeable
What is filtration?
What type of epithelium covers and lines the outer and inner surfaces of the body?
What is proper epithelium?
What type of epithelium tissues have multiple layers?
What is stratified epithelium?
What is the function of simple cuboidal epithelium?
What is secretion and absorption?
Describe the apical surface of an epithelial tissue
Eliminates waste from the body
What is excretion?
What type of epithelium forms glands and secretes hormones and other substances?
What is glandular epithelium?
What type of epithelium tissue has the same width and height?
What is cuboidal epithelium?
What is the functions of stratified cuboidal epithelium?
What is protective tissue?
What does the structure of basement membrane provide? (Name one)
What is giving support and acting like a barrier?
Physical Barrier against pathogens and physical damage
What is protection?
What type of epithelium protects the whole body inside and outside and organizes everything into separate but connected units?
What is primary epithelium?
What type of epithelium tissue is taller than it is wide?
What is columnar epithelium?
What is allowing urinary organs to expand and stretch?
Describe basal surface
What is facing underlying connective tissue?
Produces and releases substances through specialized glands
What is secretion?
What are the two membranes that epithelium tissue forms?
This epithelium has 1 layer but appears multi-layered and uneven and has different sized cells
What is pseudostratified epithelium?
Describe the function of simple squamous epithelium
What is allowing materials to pass by through diffusion or filtration, and secreting lubricating substances?
What two things make up the basement membrane?
What is reticular lamina and basal lamina?
Embedded sensory nerve endings which enables the body to receive outside sensory stimuli
What is sensory reception?
(NO NOTES ALLOWED) BONUS QUESTION: Identify and describe the two glands that glandular epithelium forms
What is endocrine glands (secretes hormones into bloodstream/nearby cells) and exocrine glands (secretes juices into ducts/tubes that lead outside the body)?
What type of epithelium tissue has multiple layers and can undergo change in their shape and structure?
What is transitional epithelium?
Describe the function of stratified squamous epithelium
What is protecting the skin against being damaged or worn down from friction?