Epithelial Tissue
Single layer of flat cells; allows diffusion and filtration; found in air sacs of lungs and lining of blood vessels.
What is Simple Squamous Epithelial
Gel-like matrix; wraps and cushions organs.
What is Areolar Connective Tissue?
Involuntary movement; striated; has intercalated discs; heart wall.
What is Cardiac Muscle?
Specialized for secretion; endocrine or exocrine.
What is Glandular Epithelium?
Several layers; cube-shaped on surface; protects ducts of sweat and mammary glands.
What is Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium?
Single layer of cube-like cells; secretion and absorption; found in kidney tubules.
What is Simple Cuboidal Epithelial?
Stores energy; insulates; cushions.
What is the loose connective tissue Adipose?
Specialized cells that transmit nerve impulses.
What are Neurons?
Maintains shape but flexible; external ear.
What is elastic cartilage?
Network of fibers; supports lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow.
What is Reticular Connective tissue?
Single layer of tall cells, some with cilia; absorption and secretion; lines digestive tract.
What is Simple Columnar Epithelium?
Most common cartilage; supports and cushions; ends of long bones, nose, trachea.
What is Hyaline Cartilage?
Support, insulate, and protect neurons.
What are Neuroglial Cells?
Contains many elastic fibers; allows recoil; walls of large arteries.
What is elastic connective tissue?
Several layers; surface cells are columnar; rare; found in male urethra.
What is Stratified Columnar Epithelium?
Appears layered but isn’t; has cilia and goblet cells; lines respiratory tract.
What is Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium?
Parallel collagen fibers; great tensile strength; tendons, ligaments.
What is Dense Regular Connective Tissue?
Voluntary movement; striated; multinucleate; attached to bones.
What is Skeletal Muscle?
Supports and protects; stores minerals; site of blood cell formation.
What is the dense connective tissue of bone?
Absorbs shock; intervertebral discs, meniscus.
What is Fibrocartilage?
Many cell layers; protects against abrasion; outer layer of skin, mouth, esophagus.
What is Stratified Squamous Epithelium?
Irregularly arranged collagen; withstands tension; dermis of skin.
What is Dense Irregular Connective Tissue?
Involuntary; not striated; spindle-shaped cells; walls of hollow organs.
What is Smooth Muscle?
Transports gases, nutrients, waste; in blood vessels.
What is the loose connective tissue of Blood?
Stretches; allows urinary bladder to expand.
What is Transitional Epithelium?