EPITHELIAL TISSUE

A. EPITHELIAL TISSUE

NAME

SIMPLE SQUAMOS
EPITHELIUM

SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
EPITHELIUM

SPECIMEN

DESCRIPTION
- One layer of squamos cells
- Cells fit closely together like
floor tiles
- Found in:
Air sacs of lungs
Endothelium (walls of
capillaries)
Serosae (Serous membrane)

- One layer of cuboidal cells

resting on a basement
membrane
- Found in:
Walls of kidney tubules
Glands and their ducts such
as salivary glands
Surface of ovaries

SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
EPITHELIUM
(KIDNEY)

SIMPLE COLUMNAR
EPITHELIUM

- Single layer of cells that

are taller than they are
wide
- Lines the entire length of
the digestive tract from
stomach to the anus
- Globet cells secrete mucus
for lubrication. They are
found in this epithelium

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SPECIMEN

PSEUDOSTRATIFIED
CILIATED COLUMNAR
EPITHELIUM

PSEUDOSTRATIFIED
EPITHELIUM
(CILIATED)

DESCRIPTION

- Sigle layer of cells, all of

which touch he basement
membrane but not all reach
the apex
- Some cells are shorter than
the others
- Nuclei appear at different
levels above basement
membrane.
- False impression of being
stratified
- Found in:
Respiratory tract where the
cilia propel debris and dustladen mucus upward and
away from the lungs

PSEUDOSTRATIFIED
EPITHELIUM

B. STRATIFIED EPITHELIAL TISSUE

STRATIFIED SQUAMOS
EPITHELIUM

- Several layers
- Most common

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SPECIMEN

DESCRIPTION

STRATIFIED CUBOIDAL
EPITHELIUM

- Close to the basement

membrane
- 2 cell layers and the apical
layer of cells is cuboidal in
shape

STRATIFIED COLUMNAR
EPITHELIUM

- Close to the basement

membrane
- Basal cells that vary in size and
shape and apical cells that are
columnar

STRATIFIED SQUAMOS
EPITHELIUM
NON-KERATINIZED

- Lines the mouth, esophagus

and vagina

STRATIFIED SQUAMOS
NON-KERATINIZED

TRANSITIONAL
EPITHELIUM

- Highly modified, stratified type

whose cells change in shape
depending on whether the
organ is distended or
contracted
- Forms lining of the urinary
bladder, uterus and part of
urethra
- Basal layer cuboidal or
columnar
- Free surface vary in
shapeUmbrella-shaped or
dome-like when the organ is
not stretched

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NAME

SPECIMEN
SPECIMEN DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
- Large squamous when the
organ is distended
(stretched),the epithelium
thins and the cells on the
surface

FLATTENED SQUAMOS
EPITHELIUM

CONNECTIVE TISSUE
A. Loose Connective Tissue

AREOLAR C.T.

B. Dense Connective Tissue

DENSE REGULAR C.T.

DENSE IRREGULAR C.T.

- Universal packing material that

binds organs together and
keeps them in proper position.
- Most abundant type of
connective tissue.
- Composed of fibroblasts,
collagenous, elasticand
reticular fibers in a semi-fluid
ground substance
- Areola = small open spaces

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SPECIMEN

DESCRIPTION

C. Connective Tissue with Special Properties

RETICULAR C.T.

ADIPOSE C.T.

- Composed of reticular fibers

which are synthesized by
reticular cells
- Reticular cells are actually
fibroblasts that synthesize
more reticular fibers than
collagenous fibers
- Forms the stroma in lymphoid
organs like the spleen and
lymph nodes

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SPECIMEN

DESCRIPTION

0.9% NaCl

- Equal concentration
- Biconcave disc
(donut)

ISOTONIC

- -Big
HYPERTONIC

HYPOTONIC

10% NaCl

0.1% NaCl

- - Crenated (spike)

0.30 molar glucose 0.9% solution

0.9% = Hypertonic
0.9% = Hypotonic
Hypertonic - the concentration outside is greater than inside.
Formation of crenation (spiky RBC/shrinkage of cell) Isotonic concentration outside = concentration inside (biconcave disc
shape/donut shape) Hypotonic - the concentration inside is
greater than outside (enlargement of RBC due to swelling)