GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -(SKWAY-mus sel) Flat cell that looks like a fish scale under a microscope. These cells are found in the tissues that form the surface of the skin, the passages of the respiratory and digestive tracts, and the lining of the hollow organs of the body (such as the bladder, kidney, and uterus, including the cervix).

Detailed explanation-2: -: covered with or consisting of scales : scaly. : of, relating to, or being a stratified epithelium that consists at least in its outer layers of small scalelike cells. : resembling a scale or plate in structure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Squamous cells are thin and flat, just like the scales after which they are named. They provide a smooth surface that avoids blood turbulence in the blood vessels and also allows fluids to easily flow over them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Stratified squamous epithelium is found in the outer layer of the skin. Some areas where non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium is found are conjunctiva of the eye, rectum, parts o f oesophagus, lining of the oral cavity, external female genitalia.