{"id":709,"date":"2017-05-23T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T18:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=709"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:34:31","slug":"2-7-covering-epithelia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-7-covering-epithelia\/","title":{"rendered":"2-7 Covering epithelia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-1\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <strong>SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM &#8211; 1<\/strong><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-row\">\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\nOne of the simplest types of lining epithelium consists of a single layer of cuboidal cells, which are approximately cube-shaped.<br \/>\nIt is therefore called <strong>simple cuboidal epithelium<\/strong>. The first term in the name, simple, indicates the number of cell layers, while the second term, cuboidal, describes the shape of the cells.<br \/>\nThe nuclei of cuboidal cells are generally spherical and located near the center of the cells.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-7B.jpg \" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like almost all epithelia, simple cuboidal epithelium rests on a <strong>basal lamina<\/strong>. This thin layer helps anchor the epithelial cells to the underlying connective tissue.<br \/>\nRemember that the basal lamina is very thin and is not always visible with a light microscope. More commonly, the basal lamina combines with connective tissue components, including fibrils that directly support the epithelium, to form a layer called the <strong>basement membrane<\/strong>. The basement membrane can often be observed with a light microscope, although it may sometimes be difficult to distinguish clearly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-8-covering-epithelia\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-6-covering-epithelia\/\">PREVIOUS PAGE <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-0-epithelial-tissue\/\">MENU OF THIS CHAPTER<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n  <div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-709","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709","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=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24725,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709\/revisions\/24725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}