{"id":752,"date":"2017-05-24T11:38:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en-mol.icb.usp.br\/?page_id=752"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:55:41","slug":"2-11-covering-epithelium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-11-covering-epithelium\/","title":{"rendered":"2-11 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\"> Simple squamous epithelium &#8211; 2 <\/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\"> The lung is covered by the <strong>pleural membrane<\/strong> whose outer surface is lined by a single layer of squamous cells.<br \/>\nThis layer is a <strong>simple squamous epithelium<\/strong> placed on a thin layer of <strong>connective tissue<\/strong> that is continuous with the connective tissue of the lung parenchyma.<br \/>\nWhen you hover the cursor or click on the image, the cytoplasm of the epithelial cells are highlighted in red and their nuclei in blue.<br \/>\nNotice how thin the epithelial layer is. Their nuclei follow the shape of the cells and are also flattened.<\/p>\n<p>The simple squamous epithelia that line surface of the coelomic cavities of the body (pleural, peritoneal and pericardial cavities) as well as of the organs inside these cavities is also called a <strong>mesothelium<\/strong> (plural: mesothelia).<\/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)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-14.jpg \" onmouseover=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-14BMO.jpg'\" onmouseout=\"this.src=' https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-14.jpg'\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Lung. Hematoxylin and eosin. Large magnification.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/mouse-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-12-covering-epithelia\/\">NEXT PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/2-10-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-752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752","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=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20140,"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/752\/revisions\/20140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mol-en.icb.usp.br\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}