Part 1 - Epithelial Tissues Lab Exercise #6a Part 1 - Epithelial Tissues

Let’s review….

Simple cuboidal epithelium lining a tubule (longitudinal cut). Some of the cell boundaries between "blocks" or "cubes" here are quite distinct.

Simple Cuboidal Covers surface of ovary, lines kidney tubules and small ducts of glands (thyroid and pancreas)

Tubule - cross section simple cuboidal

Another example - kidney

Type?

Simple squamous epithelium High power view of endothelial cells lining a small blood vessel cut in cross-section. (You see just the nuclei - the cytoplasm between them is extremely flat.) Endothelium = the simple squamous epithelium lining blood vessels.

Simple squamous epithelium

Kidney

Superficial view (squamous)

Type?

Simple columnar Another example – intestine, with goblet

Intestinal lining

Yet another

Type?

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium Trachea. Nuclei are at different levels. All cells touch the basement membrane, but only the taller cells reach the lumen. The cilia are longer and less regular than the microvilli of a striated border.

Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium Look like multiple layers Trachea Figure 4–5b

Another example

Cilia – surface view

Type?

Bladder Low power

Transitional Epithelium Tolerates stretching Appearance changes (stratified to simple) Urinary bladder Figure 4–4c

Type?

Stratified Squamous Epithelium Figure 4–3b

Example

Example

Type?

Type?

Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium Sweat gland ducts Figure 4–4b

Type?

Stratified Columnar Epithelium Rare Salivary gland duct Figure 4–5c

Note It is the shape of the most superficial layer that determines what type of stratified epithelium it is.

Today’s procedure Set up microscope Get a slide (or up to 3 or 4) Follow instructions in Lab Manual Hints Start on low power and locate epithelium (this is the bulk of the work) Go to 10x, then 40x Draw tissue Return slide to box you got it from.

Today’s lab Examine and draw at least one of each type of epithelial tissue Activity 1: Simple squamous Simple cuboidal Simple columnar Psuedostratified ciliated columnar Transitional Stratified squamous Stratified columnar Stratified cuboidal (?)

To turn in: 8 drawings on page I provide Review sheet