Stratified cuboidal epithelium

Stratified cuboidal epithelium
	Stratified cuboidal epithelium in the ducts of the parotid gland, visible as the borders of the two circular structures in the upper left.
Details
Shape	Many layers of cuboid cells
Identifiers
Latin	Epithelium stratificatum cuboideum
TH	H2.00.02.0.02031
FMA	63912
	Anatomical terms of microanatomy;

Stratified cuboidal epithelium is a type of epithelial tissue composed of multiple layers of cube-shaped cells.

Stratified cuboidal epithelium, highlighting the nucleuses, the rest of the epithelial cells, and underlying connective tissue.

Only the most superficial layer is made up of cuboidal cells, and the other layers can be cells of other types.

Structure

This type of tissue can be observed in sweat glands, mammary glands, circumanal glands, and salivary glands.[1][2] They protect areas such as the ducts of sweat glands,[3] mammary glands, and salivary glands.

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"Stratified cuboidal epithelium" (in Chinese). KMU(高雄醫學大學).
Eroschenko, Victor P. (2008). "Integumentary System". DiFiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 212–234. ISBN 9780781770576.

Overview at umdnj.edu
Histology at KUMC epithel-epith17 "Sweat Duct" (Stratified cuboidal)
Histology image: 43_03 at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - "Skin"

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