cuboidal
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As active transport of nutrients and gas is easier across a single layer of flat epithelial cells than cuboidal cells.
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
In simple cuboidal epithelium, the nucleus of the box-like cells appears round and is generally located near the center of the cell.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Breast alveoli are balloon-like structures lined with milk-secreting cuboidal cells, or lactocytes, that are surrounded by a net of contractile myoepithelial cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
It is lined by an epithelium which here consists of a single layer of columnar 17 or cuboidal cells with large nuclei.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
