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Learn the basics of epithelial tissues, their types, features, and roles in the body's inner environment. Understand simple and stratified epithelia, including urothelium and glandular tissues. Explore cell structures, basement membrane, and active regeneration processes.
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Tissues • Tissue – aggregation of cells and noncellular structures • Types of tissues • General • 1. Epithelia • 2. Inner environment (blood and connective) • Special • 1. Muscular • 2. Nerve
Epithelium principal features • 1. Consist of cells (epitheliocytes) • 2. Avascular • 3. Basement membrane • 4. Polarity • 5. Nutrition through the BM • 6. Active regeneration
Stratified epithelia:1. Stratified squamous nonkeratinized2.Stratified squamous keratinized3. Transitional (urothelium)