Definition of Cuboidal. Meaning of Cuboidal. Synonyms of Cuboidal

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Definition of Cuboidal

Cuboidal
Cuboidal Cu*boid"al (k?-boid"al), a. (Anat.) Cuboid.

Meaning of Cuboidal from wikipedia

- and cuboidal. These can be arranged in a singular layer of cells as simple epithelium, either simple squamous, simple columnar, or simple cuboidal, or...
- Simple cuboidal epithelium is a type of epithelium that consists of a single layer of cuboidal (cube-like) cells which have large, spherical and central...
- Stratified cuboidal epithelium is a type of epithelial tissue composed of multiple layers of cube-shaped cells. Only the most superficial layer is made...
- type at the surface. In the deeper layers, the cells may be columnar or cuboidal. There are no intercellular spaces. This type of epithelium is well suited...
- Proximal convoluted tubule: lies in the cortex and is lined by 'simple cuboidal epithelium with brush borders' which greatly increase surface area for...
- (stretchable epithelium). The transitional epithelium usually appears cuboidal when relaxed and squamous when stretched. This tissue consists of multiple...
- columnar epithelium. A stratified epithelium rarely occurs as squamous or cuboidal. The term pseudostratified is derived from the appearance of this epithelium...
- In the human body, the cuboid bone is one of the seven tarsal bones of the foot. The cuboid bone is the most lateral of the bones in the distal row of...
- (falsely layered). The respiratory mucosa transitions to simple ciliated cuboidal epithelium and finally to simple squamous epithelium in the alveolar ducts...
- of cuboidal epithelium that makes up the outer structure of the almost spherical thyroid follicle. Thyroid follicular cells form a simple cuboidal epithelium...