cuboidal
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As diffusion of nutrients and gas is easier across a single layer of flat epithelial cells than cuboidal cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Short bones, or cuboidal bones, are bones that are the same width and length, giving them a cube-like shape.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Sesamoid bones are small, flat, and irregularly shaped, whereas short bones are cuboidal in shape.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The apical cells are squamous, whereas the basal layer contains either columnar or cuboidal cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In their place has come a cuboidal mass, twice as long as it is broad or high, with a place in front for mouth and eyes, and a foolish-looking leg under each corner.
From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams
