Keywords: Epithelial Tissues

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Apical

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The surface of a cell that faces a lumen or an outside area

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Basolateral

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The surfaces of a cell that faces away from a lumen or outside area

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Cilia

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An organelle and cell modification that manifests as a membrane projection capable of movement

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Cornification

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A layer of dead cells filled with keratin that form a protective barrier over a layer of cells. Seen with stratified squamous epithelium

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Desmosomes

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A cell modification that is responsible for cell to cell adhesion resistant to shearing forces to the epithelial layer

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Endothelium

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A type of simple squamous epithelium that lines in inside of vascular structures

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Epithelium

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A basic tissue type that typically lines a surface (cavity, lumen or outside surface) or forms glands

Plural; epithelia
Adjective; epithelial

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Hemidesmosomes

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A cell modification that is responsible for the adhesion of a cell to an extracellular matrix

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Keratin

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A structural protein and intermediate filament that provides a tough protective quality to some epithelial cell types. Seen with cornified or keratinised epithelium

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Microvilli

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A cell modification that manifests as a membrane projection and increases the surface area of a cell

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Pseudostratified

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A type of columnar epithelium in which the nuclei are arranged in different levels in the cell layer

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Simple

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A uni-layered arrangement of epithelial cells

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Stratified

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A multi-layered arrangement of epithelial cells