Covering (sheet) epithelia
Epithelia
according to
morphology
• covering
• trabecular
• reticular
according to
function
• glandular
• resorption
• sensory
• alveolar
...
Classification of covering
epithelia
Simple
• Simple squamous
• Simple cuboidal
• Simple columnar
• Pseudostratified columnar
• according to number of cell layers
• according to morphology of superficial layer
Stratified
• Stratified squamous
non-keratinized
• Stratified squamous
keratinized
• Stratified columnar
• Transitional
Simple squamous epithelium
umbilical cord
Simple squamous epithelium
– parietal sheet of Bowman’s capsule, corpusculum renis
Simple cuboidal epithelium – loop of Henle (asc.)
Simple cuboidal epithelium – t. renalis colligens
Simple columnar epithelium – vesica fellea
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
(ciliated) – respiratory passages
trachea
Stratified squamous epithelium – non-keratinized
oesophagus
Stratified squamous epithelium – non-keratinized
– cornea
Stratified squamous epithelium – keratinized
– epidermis
Vrstevnatý cylindrický epitel
(epitel přechodních zón) - conjunctiva
Stratified columnar epithelium
– conjunctiva
Transitional epithelium – ureter
Transitional epithelium
– calyx renalis
Basement membrane
(0,5 - 1 m)
lamina basalis
Lamina basalis
Lamina fibroreticularis
fused laminae basales
Capillary of glomerulus
Primary urinary space
Covering epithelia
Slides:
Simple squamous and cuboidal epithelium (30, 31. Ren)
Simple columnar epithelium (22. Vesica fellea)
Pseudostratified columnar ep. with cilia (27. Trachea)
Stratified squamous epithelium (11. Esophagus)
Stratified keratinized squamous epithelium (69. Skin from
finger tip)
Transitional epithelium (32. Renal calyx, 33. Ureter)
Stratified columnar epithelium (91. Palpebra)
Electronograms:
Atlas of Cytology and Embryology
https://www2.med.muni.cz/histology/multimedia-and-textbooks/
Numbers by the slides indicate their positions in sets in Microscopic Hall, not in
online atlases. These numbers allow you to find the slides easily and study them
using a microscope when the normal classes are opened.