columnar epithelium
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In simple columnar epithelium, the nucleus of the tall column-like cells tends to be elongated and located in the basal end of the cells.
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The lining of the conducting zone is composed mostly of pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells.
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As the nasopharynx becomes the oropharynx, the epithelium changes from pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium to stratified squamous epithelium.
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Continuous with the laryngopharynx, the superior portion of the larynx is lined with stratified squamous epithelium, transitioning into pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium that contains goblet cells.
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The part of the tract near the tongue is lined by squamous epithelium; the lower part by columnar epithelium, which, below the level of the hyoid, is usually ciliated.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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