cuboidal

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Sesamoid bones are small, flat, and irregularly shaped, whereas short bones are cuboidal in shape.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The thyroid gland is made up of many spherical thyroid follicles, which are lined with a simple cuboidal epithelium.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The different types of epithelial tissues are characterized by their cellular shapes and arrangements: squamous, cuboidal, or columnar epithelia.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Like the cuboidal epithelia, this epithelium is active in the absorption and secretion of molecules.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

These ragged, angular, and mostly cuboidal blocks, resembling the ice-pack of St. Lawrence River, have apparently been borne down by subsequent lava-currents, which, however, lacked impetus to reach the lower levels of Las Cañádas.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir