Epithelia
Epitheliums, epithelia, epithelium. Adj. epithelial
Types
simple epitheliums
- simple squamous epithelium
- simple cuboidal epithelium
- simple columnar epithelium
- simple ciliated columnar epithelium
pseudostratified columnar ciliated epitheliums
- pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium with goblet cells
- respiratory epithelium
stratified epitheliums
- stratified squamous nonkeratinizing epithelium
- stratified squamous nonkeratinizing epithelium
- stratified squamous keratinizing epithelium
- stratified columnar epithelium
- transitiomal epithelium (urothelium)
columnar epithelium
Pathology
epithelial lesions
- epithelial atrophy
- epithelial ulceration
- epithelial cellular infiltrations
- epithelial hyperplasia
- epithelial dysplasia
epithelial diseases
epithelial tumors
- benign epithelial tumors
- malignant epithelial tumors (carcinomas)
See also
epithelial structures
- surface epitheliums
- glandular epitheliums (glands)
- exocrine glands
- emdocrine glands
References
Sousa S, Lecuit M, Cossart P. Microbial strategies to target, cross or disrupt epithelia. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2005 Oct;17(5):489-98. PMID: 16102958
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Epithelia: functional modifications by Robert V. Blystone, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas