Epithelia
©1996 University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
In all LM, try to identify:
1. Microvilli (W87)
2. Cilia (W86)
3. Basal bodies
4. Desmosomes
5. ZO
6. ZA
Simple Epithelia:
1. Simple squamous:
- lungs (alveoli)
- capillary endothelium
- lining of pleural cavity, the pericardium, and the peritoneum
- Bowman's capsule (Kidney)
2. Simple Cuboidal:
- follicle of thyroid gland
- collecting ducts of kidney
- salivary glands
- pancreas
3. Simple columnar ("high cuboidal")
- gall bladder
- surface epithelium of stomach
- Uterine glands (all phases)
- small intestine
Pseudostratified Epithelium
1. Pseudostratified columnar
2. Pseudostratified ciliated columnar
Transitional Epithelium
Stratified epithelium
1. Stratified squamous
- oral (lip)
- pharynx
- esophagus
- anal canal
- uterine cervix & vagina
- skin (keratinzed)
2. stratified cuboidal
3. stratified columnar
- large excretory duct of salivary glands
- parotid
- submandibular
- sublingual