cuboidal
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The thyroid gland is made up of many spherical thyroid follicles, which are lined with a simple cuboidal epithelium.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
As diffusion of nutrients and gas is easier across a single layer of flat epithelial cells than cuboidal cells.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Sesamoid bones are small, flat, and irregularly shaped, whereas short bones are cuboidal in shape.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
In simple cuboidal epithelium, the nucleus of the box-like cells appears round and is generally located near the center of the cell.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Now such joints are supposed to be analogous to the partings which separate volcanic and Plutonic rocks into cuboidal and prismatic masses.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
