squamous epithelium
Americannoun
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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 surface of the tongue, along with the rest of the oral cavity, is lined by a stratified squamous epithelium.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Mammalian skin is an example of this dry, keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Stratified squamous epithelium is the most common type of stratified epithelium in the human body.
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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