Epithilial tissues & cells

0.0(0)
Studied by 0 people
call kaiCall Kai
Locked
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
GameKnowt Play
Card Sorting

1/10

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

Last updated 6:38 PM on 9/22/26
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced
Call with Kai
Chat

No analytics yet

Send a link to your students to track their progress

11 Terms

1
New cards

Epithilium:

sheet of cells that cover a body surface/lines a body cavity

2
New cards

Apical surface

faces body surface, body cavity, or space within the organ

3
New cards

Basal surface

DEEPEST layer, adheres to extracellular material produced by epthelial & connective tissue cells (basement membrane)

4
New cards

Name the 3 thicknesses & their meanings

simple- single layered

stratified- multilayered

pseudostratified- long multilayered

5
New cards

name the 4 shapes of cells

squamous- FLAT, allows for easy passage of fluid

cuboidal- CUBES/HEXAGONS, thicker than squamous, secretes & absorbs

columnar- TALLER & WIDER, long, protects & absorbs & secretes

transitional- changes from cuboidal to squamous & back, allows STRETCHING

6
New cards
<p>name the tissue</p>

name the tissue

simple squamous epithelium

7
New cards
<p>name the tissue</p>

name the tissue

simple cuboidal epithelium

8
New cards
<p>name the tissue</p>

name the tissue

simple columnar

9
New cards
<p>name the tissue</p>

name the tissue

pseudostratified columnar epithelium

10
New cards
<p>name the tissue</p>

name the tissue

stratified columnar epithelium

11
New cards
<p>name the tissue</p>

name the tissue

transitional epithelium