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THE MIRACLE IN THE CELL

TYPE: Simple cubic
TYPE: Cells in the form
of simple scales (squa- DESCRIPTION: Single-
mous cells) layered cubic cells
LOCATION: Digestive
DESCRIPTION:
Groups of single-lay- pathways, membrane of
ered cells the windpipe
LOCATION: Capillary FUNCTION: Secretion
walls, air sacs in lungs and absorption
FUNCTION: Diffusion
EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE EPITHELIAL CELLS

Elastic Collagen
fiber tissue
Collagen
tissue
Fibroblast
Fibroblast

TYPE: Dense and tight-
TYPE: Loose ly packed
LOCATION: Beneath
the skin, generally in LOCATION: Tendons,
the mucosa skin and capsule
around kidney
FUNCTION: Support
and elasticity FUNCTION: Support
and elasticity

CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS

Width of Cells, here
heart cell shown
separated
for clarity
Nucleus
TYPE: Skeletal muscle
TYPE: Smooth muscle
DESCRIPTION: Long,
straight cells with a single DESCRIPTION: Long,
nucleus thin muscles
LOCATION: Hollow
LOCATION: Muscles
attached to the bones internal structures such
as the stomach
FUNCTION: Facilitate the
ability to move freely
SKELETAL, SMOOTH AND HEART MUSCLE CELLS

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