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  2. Transitional epithelium - Wikipedia

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    Transitional epithelium is a type of stratified epithelium. [1] ... Aristolochic acid, a compound found in plants of the family Aristolochiaceae, ...

  3. Table of epithelia of human organs - Wikipedia

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    vaginal epithelium: Stratified squamous, non-keratinized - reproductive - female: labia majora: Stratified squamous, keratinized - reproductive - male: tubuli recti: Simple cuboidal: germinal epithelium (male) reproductive - male: rete testis: Simple cuboidal - reproductive - male: efferent ducts: Pseudostratified columnar - reproductive - male ...

  4. Bartholin's gland - Wikipedia

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    These are located just beneath the fascia and their ducts drain into the vestibular mucosa. These mucoid alkaline secreting glands are arranged as lobules consisting of alveoli lined by cuboidal or columnar epithelium. Their efferent ducts are composed of transitional epithelium, which merges into squamous epithelium as it enters the distal ...

  5. List of human cell types - Wikipedia

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    Transitional epithelium: urinary bladder: Barrier cells Mesoderm: Duct cell seminal vesicle, prostate gland, and similar Reproductive system Barrier cells Efferent ducts cell Epididymal principal cell: Epididymal basal cell: Endothelial cells: circulatory system ABCC9, KCNJ8, RGS5 Planum semilunar epithelial cell of vestibular system of ear

  6. Epithelium - Wikipedia

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    Parakeratinized epithelium is sometimes found in the oral mucosa and in the upper regions of the oesophagus. [12] Transitional: Transitional epithelia are found in tissues that stretch, and it can appear to be stratified cuboidal when the tissue is relaxed, or stratified squamous when the organ is distended and the tissue stretches.

  7. Ureter - Wikipedia

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    The ureter is lined by urothelium, a type of transitional epithelium that is capable of responding to stretches in the ureters. The transitional epithelium may appear as a layer of column-shaped cells when relaxed, and of flatter cells when distended. Below the epithelium sits the lamina propria. The lamina propria is made up of loose ...

  8. Vaginal epithelium - Wikipedia

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    The vaginal epithelium is the inner lining of the ... The mucus found on the epithelium is secreted by ... Some have identified a transitional layer of cells above ...

  9. Tissue (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Stratified keratinized epithelium; Stratified transitional epithelium; Connective tissue ... It is found in such organs as sea anemone tentacles and the body wall of ...