{"id":721,"date":"2017-05-23T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=721"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:20:45","slug":"2-8-covering-epithelia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-8-covering-epithelia\/","title":{"rendered":"2-8 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; 2<\/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\">\nThe simple cuboidal epithelium shown in the image is part of a structure called the <strong>choroid plexus<\/strong>, present inside the cerebral ventricles.<br \/>\nThis epithelium is responsible for the secretion of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that bathes the central nervous system internally and externally.<br \/>\nObserve that this epithelium is formed by only one layer of epithelial cells. The cross-section of the cells appears to be square and the spherical nuclei are central. The cells are, therefore, classified as cuboidal.<\/p>\n<p>Place your cursor or click on the image to get an idea about \u200b\u200bthe cell shapes.<\/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 onclick>\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n<div class=\"extra\">\n<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-11.jpg\"\n       class=\"hover-image\"\n       data-original-src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-11.jpg\"\n       data-hover-src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-11MOB.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Choroid plexus. Staining: Hematoxylin and eosin (HE). Medium magnification.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-9-covering-epithelia\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-7-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>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/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-721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721","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=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20126,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/721\/revisions\/20126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}