cuboidal
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As diffusion of nutrients and gas is easier across a single layer of flat epithelial cells than cuboidal cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The apical cells are squamous, whereas the basal layer contains either columnar or cuboidal cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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
Stratified cuboidal epithelium and stratified columnar epithelium can also be found in certain glands and ducts, but are uncommon in the human body.
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 Sir Charles Lyell
