cuboidal

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

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Short bones, or cuboidal bones, are bones that are the same width and length, giving them a cube-like shape.

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Figure 24.8 Simple cuboidal epithelial cells line tubules in the mammalian kidney, where they are involved in filtering the blood.

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

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In their place has come a cuboidal mass, twice as long as it is broad or high, with a place in front for mouth and eyes, and a foolish-looking leg under each corner.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams