Simple squamous
Location: Air sacs of the lungs, walls of capillaries, linings of blood cavites any covering visor the membranes lining body
Function: filtration, diffusion, osmosis; covers surface
Simple cuboidal
Location: Surface of ovaries, linings of kidney tubules, and linings of ducts of certain glands
Function: Protection, secretion
Simple columnar
Location: Linings of uterus, stomach, and intestines
Function: Protection, secretion, absorption
Pseudostratified columnar
Location: Linings of respiratory passages
Function: Protection, secretion, movement of mucus
Stratified squamous
Location: Superficial layer of skin, and linings of oral cavity, throat, vagina, and anal canal
Function: Protection
Stratified cuboidal
Location: Linings of ducts of mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary glands, and pancreas
Function: Protection
Stratified columnar
Location: Part of the male urethra and linings of larger ducts of excretory glands
Function: Protection, secretion
Transitional
Location: Inner lining of urinary bladder and linings of ureters and part of urethra
Function: Stretchability, protection
Avascular meaning
Lacking blood vessels or a blood supply
Epithelial tissue characteristics
- Cells are bound tightly together
- Avascular
- Controls passage of material
Types of tissue
- Nervous
- Muscular
- Connective
- Epithelial
Where is nervous tissue found?
Brain, spinal cord, nerves
Where is connective tissue found?
Soft padding tissue like fat, bone, tendon
Where is epithelial tissue found?
Lining of GI tract and other hollow organs, epidermis
Where is muscle tissue found?
Cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, skeletal muscle