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Simple Columnar Epithelium
- o Elongated cells
- o Nuclei location at the same level
- o Can be ciliated or no ciliated
- o Non ciliated found in uterus and digestive tract
- o Secretion and absorption
- o Have microvilli to increase surface area
- o Have goblet cells scattered in between them
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
- o Cube shaped cells
- o Covers the ovaries and found in the kidneys & ducts of glands
- o Secretion and absorption
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Transitional Epithelium
- o Specialized cells that change shape is response to tension
- o Found in the bladder, the ureter, and part of the urethra
- o Could be un-stretched or stretched
- o Cuboidal when contracted
- o Expandable lining
- o Prevents the contents of the urinary tract from diffusing back
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Simple Squamous
- o Longitude section
- o Common for passage of molecules through diffusion
- o Found in lungs and blood capillaries
- o Covers membrane of body cavities
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Epithelial tissue
- · Found throughout the body
- · Cover the body, organs, and lines hollow cavities(inside any organ with hollow i.e. nose, mouth)
- · Protection (physical damage, sun,)
- · [Allow movement of substance]
- · Absorption (taking into the blood)
- · Filtration
- · Secretion (releasing something)
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