Pseudostratified Columnar

Function:removing dust and particles from airways, has cilia

Location:lines the respiratory passageways

Simple Columnar

Functio:Absorption

Location:lines the uterus and most organs of the digestive tract

Simple Cuboidal

Function:Secretion and Absorption

Location:glands, kidney tubules, ovaries

Simple Squamous

Function:Diffusion and Filtration

Location:lungs, walls of capillaries and vessels

Stratified Squamous

Function:Protects underlying cells

Location:skin(keratinized) (cells flatten towards surface) and the throat, vagina, mouth (soft)

Stratified Cuboidal

Function:Protection

Location:lines ducts of the mammary glands, sweat glands, pancreas

Stratified Columnar

Function:Protection, secretion

Location:male urethra and vas deferens, parts of the pharynx

Transitional (unstretched)

Function:Specialized to become distended

Location:urinary tract