Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Epithelium ====== One of the four basic types of animal tissue, along with [[connective tissue]], [[muscle tissue]], and [[nervous tissue]]. [[Epithelial tissue]]s line the cavities and surfaces of blood vessels and organs throughout the body. There are three principal shapes of epithelial cells: squamous, columnar, and cuboidal. These can be arranged in a single layer of cells as simple epithelium, either squamous, columnar, cuboidal, pseudo-stratified columnar, or in layers of two or more cells deep as stratified (layered), either squamous, columnar or cuboidal. All glands are made up of epithelial cells. Functions of epithelial cells include secretion, selective absorption, protection, transcellular transport, and sensing. see [[Squamous non-keratinizing epithelium]] epithelium.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:56by 127.0.0.1