Chapter 4

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Simple Columnar

Absorption, Secretion, or ion transport

Muscle

Allows for movement of limbs and for organ movements within the body

Muscle

Allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and throw a ball

Nervous

Basis of the major controlling system of the body

Epithelium

Cells of this tissue may absorb and / or secrete substances

Six special characteristics of epithelium

Cellularity, Polarity, Specialized Contracts, Avascular, Support by connective tissue, Regeneration

Connective

Characterized by having large amounts of extracellular material

Tubular Alveolar

Combination of gland shapes

Exocrine

Duct from this gland type carries secretions to target organ or location.

Simple Squamous

Endothelium and mesothelium

Exocrine

Examples are the liver, which produces bile, and the pancreas, which produces digestive enzymes

Endocrine

Examples are the thyroid and adrenal glands

Simple Alveolar

Flask-shaped gland, unbranched ducts

Epithelium

Forms endocrine and exocrine glands

Epithelium

Forms membranes

Nervous

Forms the brain and spinal cord

Endocrine

Glands secrete regulatory hormones directly into blood or lymph.

Pseudo stratified ciliated columnar

Lines much of the respiratory tract

Stratified Squamous

Lines the inside of the mouth

Transitional

Lines the inside of the urinary bladder

Simple Columnar

Lines the stomach and most of the intestines

Stratified Columnar

Pharynx and malurethria

Ciliated Epithelium

Propel sheets of mucus

Six major functions of epithelium

Protect surfaces, Secrete material, absorb material, contain fluids, provide friction, prevent pathogens

Stratified Squamous

Protection

Simple Tubular

Slender, straight gland, unbranched ducts

Endothelium

Small molecules pass through rapidly

Nervous

Uses electrochemical signals to carry out its functions

Connective

Widely distributed, found in bones, cartilages, and fat depots

Compound duct structure

branched ducts

Muscle

its cells shorten to exert force

Simple Cuboidal

line the kidney and ovaries and small glands

Exocrine

the more numerous of the two types of gland

Transitional

Stretches

Connective

Supports and reinforces body organs

Connective

Surrounds and Cushions body organs


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