Because the skin sloughs off on a regular basis, the most superficial layer of the epidermis is primarily composed of what type of tissue? A. Simple Columnar epithelium B. Simple squamous epithelium C. Pseudostratified epithelium D. Stratified squamous epithelium E. Cuboidal epithelium
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epidermis of skin of vertebrates comprises : A) simple epithelium B) stratified epithelium C) transitional epithelium D) columnar epithelium
Your skin has multiple layers of epithelial cells. The apical cells (closest to the surface, "top") are "flat" and the basal cells (farther from surface bottom") are "as tall as they are wide". Another way to describe this epithelium would be to state: a. Simple columnar epithelium b. Simple cuboidal epithelium c. Simple squamous epithelium d. Stratified columnar epithelium e. Stratified cuboidal epithelium f. Stratified squamous epithelium g. Simple transitional epithelium
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