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squamous epithelium

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noun

Biology.
  1. epithelium consisting of one or more layers of scalelike cells.


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"Barrett's esophagus is characterized by the replacement of the resident squamous epithelium of the esophagus by other cell types that are not normally found in this tissue," says the scientist.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

The alveolar ducts and alveoli are lined with simple squamous epithelium that allows for gas exchange.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The mesothelium is a simple squamous epithelium that forms the surface layer of the serous membrane that lines body cavities and internal organs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The cells in simple squamous epithelium have the appearance of thin scales.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Where it is a mucous membrane of the kind covered by cylinder-epithelium, the cylinders gradually shorten, becoming finally flat, and there results a squamous epithelium: there is a near approach in minute composition to epidermis.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert

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