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  2. Simple cuboidal epithelium - Wikipedia

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    Simple cuboidal epithelium is a type of epithelium that consists of a single layer of cuboidal (cube-like) cells which have large, spherical and central nuclei.. Simple cuboidal epithelium is found on the surface of ovaries, the lining of nephrons, the walls of the renal tubules, parts of the eye and thyroid, and in salivary glands.

  3. Stratified cuboidal epithelium - Wikipedia

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    Stratified cuboidal epithelium, highlighting the nucleuses, the rest of the epithelial cells, and underlying connective tissue. Stratified cuboidal epithelium is a type of epithelial tissue composed of multiple layers of cube-shaped cells. Only the most superficial layer is made up of cuboidal cells, and the other layers can be cells of other ...

  4. Table of epithelia of human organs - Wikipedia

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    Simple cuboidal, with microvilli - urinary: kidney - ascending thin limb: Simple squamous - urinary: kidney - distal convoluted tubule: Simple cuboidal, without microvilli - urinary: kidney - collecting duct: Simple cuboidal - urinary kidney - Bowman's capsule: Simple squamous - urinary kidney - Loop of Henle: Simple squamous - urinary kidney ...

  5. Brush border - Wikipedia

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    A brush border (striated border or brush border membrane) is the microvillus-covered surface of simple cuboidal and simple columnar epithelium found in different parts of the body. Microvilli are approximately 100 nanometers in diameter and their length varies from approximately 100 to 2,000 nanometers.

  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. Eccrine sweat gland - Wikipedia

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    Myoepithelial cells support the secretory epithelial cells. The duct of eccrine gland is formed by two layers of cuboidal epithelial cells. [9] Eccrine glands are active in thermoregulation by providing cooling from water evaporation of sweat secreted by the glands on the body surface and emotionally induced sweating (anxiety, fear, stress, and ...

  8. Scientists map where 27 different types of love are felt in ...

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    They also found that the more strongly a type of love was felt in the body, the more strongly it’s felt in the mind, and the more pleasant it was reported to be.

  9. Cuboid bone - Wikipedia

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    Only one muscle is attached to the cuboid bone; the tibialis posterior.The tibialis posterior inserts to the under surface of the cuboid bone. [2] While the flexor hallucis brevis arises, by a pointed tendinous process, from the medial part of the under surface of the cuboid bone, from the contiguous portion of the lateral cuneiform bone, and from the prolongation of the tendon of the tibialis ...