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SIMPLE EPITHELIA
NAME Appearance General Appearance Example in the body Mesothelium (body cavities) Endothelium (blood vessels)

Very thin, flat cells of irregular outline fitted Simple Squamous closely together Mosaic pattern, serrated irregular wavy outlines

Horizontal, flattened nuclei

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Ex: from pancreas

Simple Cuboidal

Box or cube-like cells

From Gallbladder

composed of cylindrical cells possessing an appreciable height Simple Columnar nuclei are at the same level and situated (plain) nearer to the basal surface than to the apical

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Simple Ciliated Columnar (modified)

simple columnar epithelial cells, but in addition, they posses fine hair-like outgrowths, cilia

From Small intestines/Stomach

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STRATIFIED EPITHELIA
NAME Appearance General Appearance Example in the body

REMEMBER: Only basis is TOP LAYER cells form many layers, and the cells closer to the underlying connective tissue are usually cuboidal or columnar as they move progressively closer to the surface the cells become irregular in shape and flatten, becoming very thin and squamous

Example is from Vagina

Stratified Squamous

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In pseudostratified epithelium, the general appearance is that of several layers, but in reality all of the cells reach the basement membrane, and the epithelium is truly a simple one. Since all of Pseudostratified the cells do rest on the basement Columnar membrane there is only one layer, although the location of nuclei at different levels gives the specious appearance that more than one exists. Usually in respiratory tract

- which lines the urinary bladder, the ureter, and the upper part of the urethra (URINARY SYSTEM!) characterized by a surface layer of domelike cells that is neither squamous nor columnar the form of these cells changes according to the degree of distention of the bladder

Transitional Epithelium

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- is rare; it is present in the human body only in small areas, such as the ocular conjunctiva and the large ducts of salivary glands - superficial cells are prismatic and cuboidal or columnar in shape - deeper layer consists of irregularly shaped polyhedral cells that do not reach the surface

Stratified Columnar

Ocular Conjunctiva

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