Simple Epithelium

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Simple Squamous
Description- Single layer of thin squamous cells resting on a basement membrane, fit together like floor tiles

Location-air sacs of lungs, walls of capillaries, blood in capillaries

Function-filtration or exchange of substances by rapid diffusion
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Simple cuboidal
Description- single layer of cuboidal cells resting on a basement membrane

location-glands and their ducts (salivary glands ad the pancreas) kidney tubules, ovaries

function- Secretion and absorption
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Simple Columnar
Description- single layer of tall cells that fit closely together

location-lines entire length of the digestive tract from the stomach to anus

function-absorption and secretion

Have goblets cells (lubrication mucus)
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Pseudostratified Columnar
Rest basement membrane some cells are shorter than other and nuclei appear at different heights.

Location-lines the respiratory tract.

Function-goblet cells produce mucus to trap dust and other debris, cilia propel mucus upward away from lungs.
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