Tissues
Terms:
Epithelium tissue
Connective tissue
Muscle tissue
Nervous tissue
General patterns in the body of Epithelium tissue
General features of Epithelium tissue
Types of Surface Epithelium (based on arrangement of cells in layer)
Types of Surface Epithelium (based on shape)
Surface epithelium are classified by
Definitions
Covers a body surface, lines a hollow organ or body cavity and ducts, forms glands
Protects and supports the body and body organs. Most diverse & abundant
Specialized for contraction and generation of force
Responds to stimuli generating nerve impulses. Activate muscular contractions and glandular secretions
Surface (covering and lining), Glandular (secreting portion of glands
basal surface, apical (free) surface, lateral surface, and basement membranes
Simple, Pseudostratified, Stratified
Squamous, Cuboidal, Columnar, Transitional
arrangement of cells in layers, shapes of cells