Epithelial glands — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Epithelial cells are attached to one another via cellular adhesion molecules (ie: _____)

Answer: E-cadherin

Flashcard 2: Sebaceous glands and meibomian glands are what type of exocrine gland?_____

Answer: Holocrine

Flashcard 3: HPV has a predilection for _____ epithelium

Answer: stratified squamous

Flashcard 4: Which layer of the epidermis is characterized by keratin in anucleate cells? _____

Answer: Stratum corneum

Flashcard 5: What proteins (2) are tight junctions composed of?_____

Answer: Claudins and occludins

Flashcard 6: _____ glands release their watery secretory product via exocytosis

Answer: Merocrine

Flashcard 7: What is the epithelial lining of the palatine tonsil?

Answer: Non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium (derived from the 2nd pharyngeal pouch)

Extra: The palatine tonsil develops from the endoderm of the 2nd pharyngeal pouch. While the embryological origin is the 2nd pouch, the histological lining of the tonsillar crypts and surface is non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium.

Flashcard 8: epithelial linings of oral cavity

Answer: surface ectoderm

Flashcard 9: epidermis

Answer: surface ectoderm

Flashcard 10: parotid, sweat, and mammary glands

Answer: surface ectoderm