epithelial

Examples

• All

• In five of the nine cases, we obtained epithelial cells in the washings.

  Academic text (1999)

• Look in the background of this shot, the walls here, they are squamous epithelial cells, the ones we find in the mouth.

• This is the outer epithelial layers of your skin that have been burned away.

  The Andromeda Strain (1971)

• A literature search revealed 24 previously reported cases of such a papillary epithelial tumor of the middle ear.

  Academic text (2008)

• It starts with a normal epithelial cell in a duct in the pancreas.

• Epidemiological studies indicate that consumption of cruciferous vegetables can reduce epithelial cancer.

  Academic text (2017)

• Breast cancer, lung cancer, pancreas cancer, these are all cancers of epithelial tissues.

• The height and thickness of papillae and the thickness of the epithelial layer were measured.

  Academic text (2013)

• The intestine is made-up of cells, intestinal epithelial cells that are bound together and they're bound with proteins that basically form a barrier.

  Andrew Huberman

• On one side, the virus invades the epithelial cells that form the lining of the small intestine.

Compounds

E

epithelial cell

• Specialized

5 5.0

A cell that forms a thin layer covering body surfaces and inner organs

C

columnar epithelial cell

• Specialized

7.4

A tall cell, longer than it is wide, that lines organs and tubes and often has tiny hairs

C

cuboidal epithelial cell

• Specialized

7.3

A cube-shaped cell that lines glands and small tubes and helps absorb or release liquids

E

epithelial duct

• Specialized

7.6

A tube in the body lined with thin cells that carries a fluid like saliva or mucus

E

epithelial tissue

• Specialized

4.3

A thin layer of cells that covers body surfaces and lines internal organs and cavities

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology