Functions: diffusion and filtration and provide a slick, friction-reducing lining in lymphatic and cardiovascular systems
Examples:present in the kidney glomeruli, lining of heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and serosae
Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
Charcteristics: single layer of cubelike cells with large, spherical central nuclei
Examples:present in kidney tubules, ducts and secretory portions of small glands, and ovary surface
Function:Secretion and absorbtion
Simple Columnar Epithelium
Characteristics:single layer of tall cells with oval nuclei: many contain cilia
Goblet cells are often found in this area
Examples: ciliated type line small bronchi, uterine tubes, and some regions of the uterus
Psuedostratified Columnar
Psuedostratified Columnar
Characteristics: single layer of cells with different heights; some do not reach the free suface and nuclei are seen at different layers
Examples: present in the male sperm-carrying ducts (nonciliated) and trachea (ciliated)
Stratified Squamous
Characteristics: thick membrande composed of several layers of cells
Examples:-forms the external part of the skin's epidermis (kertinized cells) and linings of the esophagus, mouth, and vagina (nonkeratinized cells)
Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium
Characteristics: Very rarely found, two layers thick
Examples: found in sweat and mammary glands
Stratified Columnar Epithelium
Characteristics: limited distribution in the body
Examples:-found in the pharynx, male urethra, and lining some glandular ducts
-also occurs at transition areas between two other types of epithelia
Transitional Epithelium
Characteristics: several cell layers, basal cells are cuboidal, surface cells are dome shaped
Examples: lines the urinary bladder, ureters, and part of the urethra
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