what is epithelium tissue?
2006-07-18 18:15:54 · 6 answers · asked by benny_2713 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Epithelium is a tissue composed of a layer of cells.
Epithelium lines both the outside (skin) and the inside (e.g. intestine) of organisms.
2006-07-18 18:20:31 · answer #1 · answered by ViRg() 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Epithelial tissue. Epithelial tissue covers the whole surface of the body. It is made up of cells closely packed and ranged in one or more layers. This tissue is specialised to form the covering or lining of all internal and external body surfaces. Epithelial tissue that occurs on surfaces on the interior of the body is known as endothelium. Epithelial cells are packed tightly together, with almost no intercellular spaces and only a small amount of intercellular substance. Epithelial tissue, regardless of the type, is usually separated from the underlying tissue by a thin sheet of connective tissue; basement membrane. The basement membrane provides structural support for the epithelium and also binds it to neighbouring structures.
If you mean Epithelium, then epithelium is a tissue composed of a layer of cells.
2006-07-18 18:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Epithelium tissue is basically skin tissue that covers and lines the body. As well as covering the outside of the body, epithelial cells cover the inside too. They cover all the body organs, for example the organs of the digestive system and line the body cavities such as the inside of the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity.
2006-07-18 18:21:13 · answer #3 · answered by elcycer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the very most top layer of your skin(the epidermis).
It is also the very top layer of skin tissue in your nostrils and mucous membranes.
2006-07-18 18:21:06 · answer #4 · answered by Molly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The outer layer of the inside of your faneuter, I think.
2006-07-18 18:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by UCSteve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stuff like skin. it's just a type of cell (epithelial). there's connective epiithelium and such.
2006-07-18 18:18:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe you mean "epithelial cells"?
http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/sci_ed/grade10/mammal/Epithelial.htm
visit the link, so you'll understand more.
2006-07-18 18:21:56 · answer #7 · answered by jamaicangirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋