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Most of the conducting portion is lined with ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium known as respiratory epithelium . This epithelium has at least five cell types, all of which touch the thick basement membrane:
§ Ciliated columnar cells ) are the most abundant, each with about 300 cilia on its apical surface
MEDICAL APPLICATION
Immotile cilia syndrome, a disorder that causes infertility in men and chronic respiratory tract infections in both sexes, is caused by immobility of cilia and flagella induced, in some cases, by deficiency of dynein, a protein normally present in the cilia. Dynein participates in the ciliary movement
§ Goblet cells are also abundant in some areas of the respiratory epithelium , filled in their apical portions with granules of mucin glycoproteins.
§ Brush cells are a much more sparsely scattered and less easily found, columnar cell type, which has a small apical surface bearing a tuft of many short, blunt microvilli . Brush cells express some signal transduction components like those of gustatory cells and have afferent nerve endings on their basal surfaces and are considered to be chemosensory receptors.
§ Small granule cells are also difficult to distinguish in routine preparations, but possess numerous dense core granules 100-300 nm in diameter. Like brush cells, they represent about 3% of the total cells and are part of the diffuse neuroendocrine system
§ Basal cells, small rounded cells on the basement membrane and not extending to the luminal surface, are stem cells that give rise to the other cell types.
Respiratory potion lined by simple squamous epithelium.There are two types of neumocytes lined by alveoli type1 and type2 . Type 2 cells secrete surfactant.
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What is the kind of epithelial tissue of pleura?
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium. This lines the nasal cavity as well as the trachea. The oral cavity, as well as the pharynx, is lined with stratified squamous epithelium, due to obstructions from food.
What is the simple squamous epithelium that lines the peritoneal cavity called?
The simple squamous epithelium that lines the peritoneal cavity is called mesothelium. It is a single layer of flat cells that help protect and cushion the organs within the peritoneal cavity.
The epithelium that lines the body cavity is called?
The epithelium that lines the body cavity is called mesothelium. It consists of a layer of flat cells called mesothelial cells that form a protective covering over organs in the body cavities.
What type of epithelium lines most of the respiratory tract?
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium lines most of the respiratory tract. This type of epithelium helps to trap foreign particles and move them out of the respiratory system with the help of cilia.
What is the tissue that is the protective covering for the body and lines the digestive respiratory and urinary passages?
Epithelium Tissue
Where do goblet cells occur in the respiratory system?
Goblet cells are in the respiratory epithelium, which lines the airways from the pharynx down into the lungs. They secrete mucous.
Ciliated columnar epithelium destroyed by disease would cause a malfunction in which of the systems?
The respiratory system would be affected if ciliated columnar epithelium were destroyed by disease. This type of epithelium lines the respiratory tract and is responsible for moving mucus and foreign particles out of the airways. Damage to this tissue can impair the clearance of debris and increase the risk of respiratory infections.
What is the function of gland cells?
They are sheets of cells [Epithelial tissue or epithelium] that covers the body surface or lines a body cavity. They form bounderies between different environments and nearly all substances received or given off by the body must pass through some sort of epithelium.
Which epithelium forms wall of air sacs of lungs?
simple squamous epithelium
What type of epithelium lines the aorta?
stratifed squamous epithelium
Simple columnar epithelium of the digestive tract is characterized by?
Simple columnar epithelium of the digestive tract can present as either ciliated or non-ciliated. The ciliated moves mucus in the respiratory system, the non-ciliated lines the gastrointestinal tract.
What type of epithelium lines the inner surface of the ureter?
transitional epithelium
