Lecture 1

an environmentally advantageous trait

rate of exchange is proportional to a cell's surface area

amount of exchange material is proportional to a cell's volume

dictates the rate at which materials diffuse into and out of the tissue

regulation of the internal environment

covers the outside of the body and lines the organs and cavities within the body

cuboidal, columnar, squamous, pseudostratisfied

protection from environment, regulating movement of materials

cells with an extra-cellular substasnce

to support and bind other tissues together