The external vertebral venous plexuses (extraspinal veins) best marked in the cervical region consist of anterior and posterior plexuses which anastomose freely with each other. The anterior external plexuses lie […]
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Simple cuboidal epithelium
Simple cuboidal epithelia are is a type of epithelium that refers to a single layer of cube-like cells. These cuboidal cells have large spherical and central nuclei. Simple cuboidal epithelia […]
Stratified cuboidal epithelium
Stratified cuboidal epithelium is a type of epithelial tissue composed of multiple layers of cube-shaped cells.Only the most superficial layer is made up of cuboidal cells and the other layers […]
Paranephric body
The paranephric body (or paranephric fat or pararenal fat) is collection of adipose tissue located superficial to the renal fascia. The perirenal fat or adipose capsule of kidney is deep […]
Duct (anatomy)
In anatomy and physiology a duct is a circumscribed channel leading from an exocrine gland or organ.
Muscular layer
The muscular coat (muscular layer muscular fibers muscularis propria muscularis externa) is a region of muscle in many organs in the vertebrate body adjacent to the submucosa membrane. It is […]
Alveolar gland
If glands are categorized by shape alveolar glands contrast with tubular glands. Alveolar glands have a saclike secretory portion thus are also termed saccular glands.
Tubular gland
If a gland retains its shape as a tube throughout it is termed a tubular gland.Tubular glands are further classified as one of the following:
Cardiac glands
The cardiac glands of the stomach secrete primarily mucus. In humans they are few in number and occur close to the cardiac orifice where the esophagus joins the stomach.In general […]
Myoepithelial cell
Myoepithelial cells (sometimes referred to as myoepithelium) are cells usually found in glandular epithelium as a thin layer above the basement membrane but generally beneath the luminal cells. These may […]