columnar epithelium

noun

, Biology.

epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.

The walls both of the vesicle and stalk are formed of a fairly columnar epithelium.

It commences with a region lined by a fairly columnar epithelium with smallish nuclei (fig. 28, sc1).

It shows the columnar epithelium of the surface dipping down into the duct D of the gland, from which two tubes branch off.

It is covered by a ciliated columnar epithelium and contains numerous racemose glands for the secretion of mucous or pituita.

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