ANP 1106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chondroblast, Exocytosis, Adipocyte

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1106
• Professor: Balwant Tuana

Document Summary

Forms boundaries between different environments, protects, secretes, absorbs, and filters. Found in the lining of digestive tract organs and other hollow organs, and on the skin surface (epidermis). There are two forms of epithelial tissue that are classified by location: covering and lining epithelium (forms the outer layer of the skin), and glandular epithelium. Supports, protects and binds other tissues together it is the most abundant tissue. Found in bones, tendons, fat, and other soft padding tissue. Found in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. All epithelia have an apical surface (an upper free surface exposed to the body exterior or the cavity of an internal organ), and a lower attached basal surface. Cells are bound together at many points with tight junctions and desmosomes. The first name indicates the number of cell layers present, and the second describes the shape of its cells. Typically found where absorption, secretion, and filtration occur.