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What is an epithelium? Enumerate the characteristic features of different epithelia.

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Epithelial tissue is sheet of cells that covers the body surface or lines the body cavity.

  • Simple epithelium is single layered.
  • Squamous epithelium is made of flattened cells with irregular boundaries.
  • Columnar epithelium is made of column like cells with round to oval nuclei at the base.
  • Ciliated epithelium has ciilia at the free end. 
  • Compound epithelium is made of multilayered cells.


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