Stratified cuboidal epithelium

Stratified cuboidal epithelium Chart

Differential diagnosis:
Other epithelium types such as squamous and columnar epithelia. Note that such epithelia have cells which are either flat (squamous) or very tall (columnar). Transitional epithelia have cuboidal shaped cells on top when there is no distension as in urinary bladder. The transitional epithelium however is never simple (i.e. one layer thick) and it has more than one shape of cells lying on the basement membrane.

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Diagnostic Features:
a. Tissue may be hollow
b. Consists of cells which are isodiametric; i.e. as tall as they are wide.
c. They are more than one cell layer on top of the basement membrane; hence stratified.
d. Examples include duct of sweat glands.

Draw your own section here and make your diagnosis by data base selection below

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Level 1: Select hollow
Level 2: Select epithelial tissue from list of sclerous, muscular, connective organ-glands and nervous tissues
Level 3: Select stratified since only one cell layer can be seen on basement membrane
Level 4: Select cuboidal since all cells are taller than they are wide.

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