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What are the 4 basic types of animal tissue?
Epithelia, connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue
What are epithelia?
Tissues consisting of closely apposed cells, without intervening intercellular substances
Epithelia are _____ but ______, and all grow on an underlying _____ of _____ _______ ______.
Epithelia are avascular but innervated, and all epithelia grow on an underlying layer of vascular connective tissue.
____, _____ and _____ diffuse from blood vessels in connective tissue.
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Connective tissue and epithelium are separated by a ______ _____.
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What is epithelium called when it lines large intestinal body cavities?
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What surfaces do epithelia cover?
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Internal surfaces of what 2 vessels are lined by epithelia, and what are the epithelia called here?
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Which is NOT a function of epithelia?
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Which tract can absorb nutrients from the digestive tract lumen (inside space of a tubular structure)?
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Epithelial tissue lines the ____ _____, according to its function of excretion.
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Epithelia are classified on the basis of _______ and _____.
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If there is ONLY ONE layer of cells in the epithelium, it is classified as ___.
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If there are TWO OR MORE layers of cells it is called ___.
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Cells in the surface layer are described according to their height as:
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Identify this type of epithelium.
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What are the characteristics of simple squamous epithelial cells?
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What is the appearance of the nuclei of the simple squamous epithelia
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What are the functions of simple squamous epithelia in the cardiovascular system?
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What function does the simple squamous epithelium have in the lungs?
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What purpose does simple squamous epithelium serve in the peritoneal cavity?
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What are some examples of simple squamous epithelium?
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The epithelial cell's nucleus is the THICKEST and most visible structure.
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What is transcytosis?
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Where can you find simple squamous epithelia?
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What do the simple cuboidal epithelial cells look like?
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What are the characteristics of the nuclei present in simple cuboidal epithelia?
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What are the functions of the simple cuboidal epithelium?
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What are some examples of where the simple cuboidal epithelia are found?
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Match the terms with the characteristics of the simple columnar epithelium.
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What are goblet cells?
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