Animal Tissues - Epithelial Tissue and Major Tissue Types

Vocabulary flashcards covering the four major animal tissue types and various sub-types of epithelial tissues based on the provided textbook pages.

Epithelial tissue

Tissue that protects and covers the animal's body from inside and outside.

Connective tissue

A loosely spaced tissue mainly rendering support to various organs.

Muscular tissue

The tissue responsible for movements in our body.

Nervous tissue

A specialized tissue that responds to internal and external stimuli.

Epi

A term meaning outer.

Thelium

A term meaning tissue.

Squamous epithelium

Extremely thin and flat epithelial tissue forming a delicate lining, found in the oesophagus, lining of mouth, lining of blood vessels, lung alveoli, and renal tubules.

Stratified epithelium

Epithelial tissue in which skin cells are arranged in the form of layers.

Cuboidal epithelial cells

Cells that form the lining of organs or tubules like ureters and provide mainly mechanical support to salivary glands.

Glandular epithelium

Tissue formed when a portion of epithelial tissue folds inward and forms a multicellular gland.

Columnar epithelium

Epithelial cells present wherever absorption and secretion occurs.