Tissue Types and Epithelial Tissue

Vocabulary flashcards covering primary tissue types, characteristics, functions, and structural classifications of epithelial tissues.

Connective tissue

The tissue type that possesses an abundant extracellular matrix.

Four primary tissue types

Epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous tissues.

Epithelial tissue

Tissue characterized by closely packed cells, a free surface, and a basement membrane.

Functions of epithelial tissue

Protection, absorption, secretion, and filtration.

Simple squamous epithelial tissue

An epithelial tissue characterized by a single layer of flat cells that does not have a thick structure.

Epithelium classification criteria

The classification of various types of epithelium based on the number of cell layers and cell shape.

Epithelium categories based on cell shape

Squamous, cuboidal, and columnar epithelium.

Stratified epithelium

Epithelium that consists of multiple layers of cells.

Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium

An epithelial tissue featuring multiple layers, flat and irregular cell shape, dead outer layers of cells, and keratin present in some cells.