Squamous Epithelial: Thin & Flattened, random shapes.
Simple Squamous: -Single layer of flattened & thin cells
-Cell has broad & nuclei
-Damaged easily
-tightly packed together
-Found in infiltration & diffusion sites
-Found in exchanges of gases in alveoli of lungs, lines blood, lymph nodes, & body cavities
Stratified Sqaumous: -designed to protect underlying layers
-makes up outer layers of skin (Epidermis), lines mouth, esophogus, vagina, & anal Canal
-Outer Layers of cells in skin undergs keratinization (produces a dry, water-poof, protective layer, where outer cells are dead)