"Eighty-five percent of cancers originate from the epithelium, which is about two millimeters deep," says. From Wordnik.com. [Technology Review RSS Feeds] Reference
The epithelium is a layer of cells forming the epidermis of the skin and the surface layer of mucous and serous membranes. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Healthiest Foods] Reference
Vitamin A promotes a healthy intestinal epithelium, which is important for optimal absorption of nutrients, and it also promotes strong joints. From Wordnik.com. [A Diet That Protects Against Osteoporosis] Reference
A, layer of columnar epithelium covering the villus. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Its epithelium consists of a single layer of columnar cells. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
In other canals a similar office is filled by this kind of epithelium. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The pharyngeal epithelium is rather thicker than that of the oral cavity. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
Imagine that all have a continuous covering of a proliferating epithelium. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Basement membrane: that thin layer of tissue upon which the epithelium rests. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
These occur as thickenings and down-growths of the epithelium into the corium. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
In the former case the epithelium is said to be simple; in the latter, stratified. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The fine basement membrane separating epithelium from corium is still clearly evident. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Dr. DALEY: We can make the retinal pigment epithelium from the use of pluripotent cells. From Wordnik.com. [Is Stem Cell Research Making Progress?] Reference
This membrane is the delicate wall of the capillaries and the epithelium of the air cells. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Some surgeons leave them at this stage, but others prefer to remove the raised epithelium. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
The epithelium also contains glands and secrets substances such as sweat or digestive enzymes. From Wordnik.com. [Tissues] Reference
Surrounding the epithelium of the lung rudiments is a thin layer of quite dense mesoblastic tissue. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
Its epithelium is of the simple columnar type, the cells being long, with generally basally located nuclei. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
A most interesting quality of cell life is motion, a beautiful form of which is found in ciliated epithelium. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
It now lies deep in the tissue of the floor of the pharynx, entirely separated from the pharyngeal epithelium. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
It can survive in rapidly proliferating tissues, like small intestine epithelium, and revert to virulent form. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The glandular or spheroidal epithelium is composed of round cells or such as become angular by mutual pressure. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
It is lined by an epithelium which here consists of a single layer of columnar or cuboidal cells with large nuclei. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
Such a simple tissue is called an epithelium or surface-limiting tissue, and the cells are known as epithelial cells. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The middle layer, on the contrary, forms nerves and muscles, vessels and connective tissue, and little or no epithelium. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The squamous or pavement epithelium consists of very thin, flattened scales, usually with a small nucleus in the center. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Thus the layers of epithelium which form the superficial layer of the skin have little beyond such an office to discharge. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Saliva dribbles from the mouth, and in severe cases it is mixed with white, stringy shreds of epithelium and tinged with blood. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
It consists essentially of modified ephithelial cells floated upon the auditory epithelium, or basilar membrane, of the cochlea. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
This epithelium is especially common in the air passages, where it serves to keep a free passage for the entrance and exit of air. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
However, adult worms in the bile ducts are likely to cause inflammation and hyperplasia (increased growth) of the epithelium skin layer. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
I saw you scrape from the skin of an ague patient sweat and epithelium with the spores and the full grown plants of the Gemiasma verdans. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
The large eyes beneath sheltering brow ridges were masked by a dark pig-mented protective epithelium and resembled gleaming balls of jet. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
Foregut: extends from the mouth to the end of gizzard; its epithelium being formed from the ectodermal invagination known as the stomodaeum. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The character of the epithelium of the enteron caudad to the pharynx will be discussed in connection with the sections to be described below. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
The epithelium of the stomach is fairly thick, and consists of five or six layers of compact, indistinctly outlined cells with spherical nuclei. From Wordnik.com. [Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator] Reference
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