IMAGE

FUNCTION/LOCATION
Function: Allows passage of materials by
diffusion and filtration in sites where
protection is not important; secretes
lubricating substances in serosae.
Location: Kidney glomeruli, air sacs of
lungs, lining of heart, blood vessels, and

Simple Squamous Epithelium

lymphatic vessels; lining of ventral body

cavity(serosae)

Function: secretion and absorption

Location: Kidney tubules; ducts and
secretory portions of small glands,
Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

ovary surface.
Function: Absorption; secretion of mucus,
enzymes, and other substances; ciliated type
propels mucus (or reproductive cells) by
ciliated action.
Location: nonciliated type lines most of the
digestive tract (stomach to anal canal),

Simple Columnar Epithelium

gallbladder and excretory ducts of some

glands; ciliated variety lines small bronchi,
uterine tubes, and some regions of the uterus.

Function: protects underlying tissues

in areas subject to abrasion
Location: nonkeratinized type forms
the moist lining of the esophagus,
mouth, and vagina; keratinized type
Stratified Squamous Epithelium

forms the epidermis of the skin, a

dry membrane.

Function: protection
Location: Largest ducts of sweat
glands, mammary glands, and
Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium

salivary glands.
Function: protection and
secretion
Location: rare in the body; small
amounts in male urethra and in

Stratified Columnar Epithelium

large ducts of some glands

Function: stretches readily and
permits distension of urinary
organ by contained urine
Location: lines the ureters,

Transitional Epithelium

urinary bladder, and part of the

urethra
Function: storage,
photosynthesis, and as the bulk
of ground and vascular tissues.
Location: located in many leaves

Parenchyma

just below the epidermal tissue.

Function: provides mechanical

strength to the petiole, leaves and
stem of young dicot plants, confers
flexibility to various parts of the plant
like petiole and stem, allowing for
easy bending without breakage,
allows for growth and elongation of
Collenchyma

plant organs, stores food and

performs the function of
photosynthesis when containing
chlorophyll.
Location: found under the epidermis
or the outer layer of cells in young
stems and in leaf veins.
Function: any of various kinds of
hard, woody cells that serve
the function of support in plants.
Location: found almost anywhere in
the plant body, including the stem, the

Schlerenchyma
Companion Cell, Sieve Tube &
Sieve Plate

roots, and the vascular bundles in

leaves.
Function: provide ATP and nutrients
and carry out all of the cellular
functions of a sieve-tube element in
plants. The cytoplasm in sieve-tube
elements lacks most of the structures
necessary for cellular maintenance.
Function: transport sugars and
nutrients up and down the plants in
sieve cells.

Function/Definition: are perforated end

walls separating the component cells
(sieve elements) that make up the phloem
sieve tubes in vascular plants. The
perforations permit the flow of water and
dissolved organic solutes along the tube
and are lined with callose

Function/Definition: are
elongated cells in the xylem
of vascular plants that serve
in the transport of water and
mineral salts
Function/Definition: is one of the cell
types found in xylem, the water
conducting tissue of plants. Vessel
Tracheids & Vessel Elements

elements are typically found in

flowering plants (angiosperms) but
absent from most gymnosperms such
as conifers.

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