What do you mean by stratified ciliated columnar epithelium?

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What do you mean by stratified ciliated columnar epithelium?

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Cell is the basic structural and functional unit of life. Many cells combine to form tissues. Epithelium is the animal tissue also known as epithelial tissue. It is a tissue which forms the covering of body surfaces, organs, internal cavities, etc. It is present throughout the body. It is the protective tissue present in the animal body.

Epithelial tissue is of four main types :

  • Simple squamous epithelium
  • Columnar or Ciliated epithelium
  • Cuboidal epithelium
  • Stratified squamous epithelium

 

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