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cuboidal

ADJECTIVE
cubical
Synonyms
STRONGEST


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As active transport of nutrients and gas is easier across a single layer of flat epithelial cells than cuboidal cells.

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

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

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

These ragged, angular, and mostly cuboidal blocks, resembling the ice-pack of St. Lawrence River, have apparently been borne down by subsequent lava-currents, which, however, lacked impetus to reach the lower levels of Las Cañádas.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir




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