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Epithelium is one of the four basic types of animal tissue that lines cavities and surfaces throughout the body. There are three principal shapes of epithelial cells - squamous, columnar, and cuboidal - which can be arranged in either a single layer as simple epithelium or multiple layers as stratified epithelium. Epithelial cells perform functions like secretion, absorption, protection, transport, and sensing, and all glands are composed of epithelial cells. Epithelial layers receive nourishment through diffusion since they do not contain blood vessels.

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Ep It Helium

Epithelium is one of the four basic types of animal tissue that lines cavities and surfaces throughout the body. There are three principal shapes of epithelial cells - squamous, columnar, and cuboidal - which can be arranged in either a single layer as simple epithelium or multiple layers as stratified epithelium. Epithelial cells perform functions like secretion, absorption, protection, transport, and sensing, and all glands are composed of epithelial cells. Epithelial layers receive nourishment through diffusion since they do not contain blood vessels.

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Epithelium (epi- + thele + -ium) is one of the four basic types of animal tissue.

The other three types


are connective tissue, muscle tissue and nervous tissue. Epithelial tissues line the cavities and
surfaces of blood vessels and organs throughout the body.
There are three principal shapes of epithelial cells: squamous, columnar, and cuboidal. These can
be arranged in a single layer of cells as simple epithelium, either squamous, columnar or cuboidal,
or in layers of two or more cells deep as stratified (layered), either squamous, columnar or cuboidal.
All glands are made up of epithelial cells. Functions of epithelial cells include secretion,
selectiveabsorption, protection, transcellular transport, and sensing.
Epithelial layers contain no blood vessels, so they must receive nourishment via diffusion of
substances from the underlying connective tissue, through the basement membrane

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