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  2. Tubular gland - Wikipedia

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    simple tubular or simple straight tubular [3] or straight tubular [4] the gland is a uniform tube Small intestine (Crypts of Lieberkühn), uterine glands: coiled tubular or simple coiled tubular [5] the gland is coiled without losing its tubular form sweat glands: simple branched tubular [6] or compound tubular [7] branching occurs in the tubes

  3. Uterine gland - Wikipedia

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    Uterine glands or endometrial glands are tubular glands, lined by a simple columnar epithelium, found in the functional layer of the endometrium that lines the uterus. Their appearance varies during the menstrual cycle. During the proliferative phase, uterine glands appear long due to estrogen secretion by the ovaries.

  4. Simple cuboidal epithelium - Wikipedia

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    Simple cuboidal epithelium is a type of epithelium that consists of a single layer of cuboidal (cube-like) cells which have large, spherical and central nuclei. Simple cuboidal epithelium is found on the surface of ovaries , the lining of nephrons , the walls of the renal tubules , parts of the eye and thyroid , and in salivary glands .

  5. Seminiferous tubule - Wikipedia

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    Sertoli cells function to nourish the developing sperm cells. They secrete androgen-binding protein , a binding protein which increases the concentration of testosterone. There are two types: convoluted and straight, convoluted toward the lateral side, and straight as the tubule comes medially to form ducts that will exit the testis.

  6. Intestinal gland - Wikipedia

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    The nuclei of the cells (located at the outer edges of the cells lining the walls of the crypts) are stained blue-gray with haematoxylin. As seen in panels C and D, crypts are about 75 to about 110 cells long. The average crypt circumference is 23 cells. [8] From the images, an average is shown to be about 1,725 to 2530 cells per colonic crypt.

  7. Endometrium - Wikipedia

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    The stroma is a layer of connective tissue that varies in thickness according to hormonal influences. In the uterus, simple tubular glands reach from the endometrial surface through to the base of the stroma, which also carries a rich blood supply provided by the spiral arteries. In women of reproductive age, two layers of endometrium can be ...

  8. Table of epithelia of human organs - Wikipedia

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    Simple columnar, non-ciliated - digestive: anus: Stratified squamous, non-keratinized superior to Hilton's white line Stratified squamous, keratinized inferior to Hilton's white line - digestive: gallbladder: Simple columnar, non-ciliated - endocrine: thyroid follicles: Simple cuboidal - nervous: ependyma: Simple cuboidal - lymphatic: lymph ...

  9. Histology - Wikipedia

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    Histologic specimen being placed on the stage of an optical microscope. Human lung tissue stained with hematoxylin and eosin as seen under a microscope.. Histology, [help 1] also known as microscopic anatomy or microanatomy, [1] is the branch of biology that studies the microscopic anatomy of biological tissues.