Epithelial Tissue

This type of epithelium has only one layer of cells

• Stratified epithelium
• Simple epithelium

Epithelium with more than one layer of cells

• Stratified epithelium
• Simple epithelium

Flattened cells

• Squamous
• Cuboidal
• Columnar

Absorbs nutrients in the digestive tract

• Columnar
• Cuboidal
• Simple Squamous
• Pseudostratified

Used in places where diffusion needs to occur, such as blood vessels and air sacs in the lungs

• Cuboidal
• Columnar
• Simple Squamous
• Stratified Squamous

Used in places needing protection from scrapes and abrasions such as the skin and esophagus

• Cuboidal
• Pseudostratified
• Simple Squamous
• Stratified Squamous

Name the tissue

• Areolar
• Smooth Muscle
• Transitional
• Simple Squamous

Name the tissue

• Columnar
• Cuboidal
• Transitional
• Simple Squamous

Name the tissue

• Smooth Muscle
• Columnar
• Transitional
• Pseudostratified

Name the tissue

• Pseudostratified
• Smooth Muscle
• Transitional
• Stratified Squamous