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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

1. Epithelia

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1.7 Simple cuboidal epithelia of urinary tubules

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Transverse sections of two types of urinary tubules both lined with simple cuboidal epithelia.

Some tubules (*) are lined with cuboidal cells showing distinct lateral cell membranes.

The other three tubules (+) are lined with low cuboidal cells with indistinct lateral cytoplasmic membranes. In this case, the lateral cell membrane is present but forms deep lateral folds in the acidophilic cytoplasm, which renders them invisible under a light microscope.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×800

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