Simple Epithelium
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FlashcardsSimple 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
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 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
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
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)
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.