GENERAL HISTOLOGY

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GLAND

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Describe what simple squamous tissue looks like
A
many layers of flat cells
B
one layer of flat cells
C
many layers of cube like cells
D
one layer of tall cells
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Final Answer: Thus, Squamous epithelial tissue has atight-fitting, single layer, flattened cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Simple squamous epithelial cells are thin and flat (the thinnest of all epithelial cell-types), which allows them to have a large surface area that is exposed to the lumen on one side (the apical surface), and to the basement membrane (i.e. basal lamina) on the other (the basolateral surface; Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-3: -A simple squamous epithelium consists of a single layer of flattened cells attached directly to a basement membrane. The simple squamous epithelium is a single layer of flat, thin cells having an irregular outline and a centrally located nucleus.

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