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Pseudostratified epithelium lines

Updated On: Jun 7, 2022
  • urethra and oviduct
  • trachea and respiratory tract
  • urinary bladder
  • endothelium.
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Pseudostratified epithelial tissue offers protection and is usually found in places where mucus must get secreted, since it has many mucus-secreting cells called goblet cells. Pseudostratified epithelia are most prevalent in the upper and lower respiratory tract as ciliated types. Non-ciliated pseudostratified epithelium can be found in the ducts of larger glands or the male urethra but these may be transition zones between epithelial types.
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Concepts Used:

Animal Tissues

Human bodies, like most animal bodies, are made up of four different types of tissue:

Epithelial Tissue:

This tissue forms the outer layer of the body and also lines many of the body's cavities where it has a protective function.

General functions of epithelial tissue:-

  1. Provides a barrier between the external environment and the organ that it is covering.
  2. Specialized to function in secretion and absorption.
  3. Protects organisms from microorganisms, injury, and fluid loss.

Connective Tissue:

This tissue assists in the support and protection of organs and limbs and depending on the location in the body it may join or separate organs or parts of the body.

Muscle Tissue:

This tissue enables various forms of movement, both voluntary and involuntary.

Nerve Tissue:

This tissue is responsible for the carrying of electrical and chemical signals and impulses from the brain and central nervous system to the periphery, and vice versa.