Tissues
- Created by: Jing :)
- Created on: 02-01-13 17:19
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- Tissues
- Ciliated cells
- sweeps mucus to the back of the throat
- Found: Trachea, Bronchi, Bronchioles
- Squamous epithelial
- Forms the walls of the alveoli- the thinness of the wall provides faster diffusion rate
- Found: alveoli, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles
- Cartilage
- C- shaped rings to prevent collapse and keeps the airways open
- Found: Trachea
- Flexible than bone yet strong
- Smooth muscles
- involuntary muscles that contract to narrow the airways
- Elastic Fibre
- able to stretch and go back to its original shape
- Found: Alveoli walls
- Goblet cells
- secretes mucus
- sweeps mucus to the back of the throat
- secretes mucus
- Ciliated cells
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