Write a short note on Compound epithelium tissue and it's types and mention their functions with diagram
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Compound epithelium consists of more than one layer of cells. Only the cells of the deepest layer rest on the basement membrane. As they are multi-layered, so there is a little role in secretion or absorption, but they provide protection to underlying tissues. Compound epithelia may be stratified or transitional.
There are three principal shapes of epithelial cell: squamous, columnar, and cuboidal. These can be arranged in a single layer of cells as simple epithelium, either squamous, columnar, or cuboidal, or in layers of two or more cells deep as stratified (layered), or compound, either squamous, columnar or cuboidal.
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The compound epithelium is made of more than one layer of cells and thus has a limited role in secretion and absorption. Their main function is to provide protection against chemical and mechanical stresses.
They cover the dry surface of the skin, the moist surface of the buccal cavity, pharynx, inner lining of ducts of salivary glands and of pancreatic ducts