Epithelial Tissue Study Review Rated A

Epithelial Tissue Study Review Rated A

1. Simple One layer of cells

2. Stratified More than one layer of cells

3. Squamous Cells are wide, flat, plate-like

4. Cuboidal Cells are like cubes

5. Columnar Cells are tall, like columns

6. Simple Squamous characteristics Single layer of flattened cells

7. Simple Cuboidal characteristics Single layer of cube-like cells with large central
nucleus

8. Simple Columnar characteristics Single layer of tall cells with round to oval nuclei

9. Stratified squamous characteristics multiple layers of flattened cells

10. Pseudostratified Columnar character- Single layer of cells of dittering heights, giving the
istics false appearance of more than one layer, when it
is actually a single layer

11. Transitional characteristics Columnar cells near the bottom and larger, round
cells near the top

12. Simple Squamous function Dittusion

13. Simple Cuboidal function Secretion

14. Simple Columnar function Absorption

15. Stratified squamous function Protection

16. Pseudostratified Columnar function Uses cilia to move substances

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