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cuboidal

ADJECTIVE
cubical
Synonyms
STRONGEST


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Figure 24.8 Simple cuboidal epithelial cells line tubules in the mammalian kidney, where they are involved in filtering the blood.

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

Simple cuboidal epithelial cells are involved in the filtering of blood in the kidney.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Although it is the general peculiarity of granite to assume no definite shapes, it is nevertheless occasionally subdivided by fissures, so as to assume a cuboidal, and even a columnar, structure.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell


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