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Identify and describe the main characteristics of epithelial cells and epithelial tissue.<\/strong> This chapter has 25 pages.<\/p>\n ENTER AT THE BEGINNING OF CHAPTER 2<\/a><\/p>\n OR<\/p>\n CHOOSE TO ACCESS THE FOLLOWING MAIN SUBJECTS<\/p>\n Main features of epithelial cells Interactive figures<\/strong> Feedback and suggestions<\/strong> AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER By the end of this chapter, you should be able to: Identify and describe the main characteristics of epithelial cells and epithelial tissue. Understand the main characteristics and functions of covering (lining) epithelia. Understand how covering (lining) epithelia are classified and recognize their main types. This chapter has 25 pages. ENTER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21281"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24669,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21281\/revisions\/24669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nUnderstand the main characteristics and functions of covering (lining) epithelia.<\/strong>
\nUnderstand how covering (lining) epithelia are classified and recognize their main types.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWhich tissue is this?
\nTypes of covering epithelia<\/a>
\nSimple cuboidal epithelium<\/a>
\nSimple squamous epithelium<\/a>
\nSimple columnar (or prismatic epithelium)<\/a>
\nStratified epithelium<\/a>
\nStratified squamous epithelium<\/a>
\nCornified stratified squamous epithelium<\/a>
\nTransitional epithelium<\/a>
\nPseudostratified epithelium<\/a><\/p>\n
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