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How to use epithelium in a sentence

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Epithelium means a membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin. Example: “Vasopressin could be an autocrine hormone in the olfactory epithelium.”

Examples of epithelium by meaning

nounA membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external...

  • the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 25
  • The sap of this species was able to cause loss of corneal epithelium 16 h after direct exposure to the sap in a 60-year-old male.2014 May 30, Victor Kuete, Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 505

More sentences with epithelium

  • Vasopressin could be an autocrine hormone in the olfactory epithelium.From the entry autocrine
  • These organs were co-patterned from common epithelium.From the entry co-pattern
  • Histopathology examination—a nest of nonkeratinising stratified squamous epithelium; no keroid layer; basally connective tissue.2014, B Jurkiewicz, T Ząbkowski, “Nonkeratinised Squamous Metaplasia of the Urinary Bladder in Children: A Report of Case Experiences”, in…. From the entry keroid
  • The epithelium, however, in many regions has a more syncytial appearance due to loss of cell boundaries.1906, Robert T. Frank, “Chorionepitheliomatous Proliferation in Teratomata”, in George H. Simmons, editor, Journal of the American Medical…. From the entry syncytial
  • The olfactory epithelium is ventilated during normal respiration and, because crocodylians are intermittent breathers (Chapter 7), particularly by gular pumping.2015, Gordon Grigg, David Kirshner, Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians, →ISBN, page 192. From the entry gular pumping
  • Seminal vesical pigment is thought to derive from cellular byproducts of nonviable sperm ingested by the seminal vesical epithelium (spermatophagy).2011, Alan J. Wein, Campbell-Walsh Urology, page 2534. From the entry spermatophagy
  • Several neuronal fibers were detected under the chemoreceptorial epithelium.2004 july, Crescimanno, C., Merigo, F., Bernardi, P., Osculati, F., Sbarbati, A., “Neurochemistry of the Gustatory Subgemmal Plexus”, in…. From the entry chemoreceptorial
  • Lobular cysts as well as micro- and macrocysts are very often lined to a variable extent by apocrine epithelium.2003, Marton Lanyi, Mammography: Diagnosis and Morphological Analysis, page 64. From the entry apocrine
  • Some investigators recommend touching the corneal epithelium at the slit lamp with a microsponge applicator in patients with suspected loose epithelium.2002, Dimitri T. Azar, Douglas Koch, LASIK (Laser in Situ Keratomileusis): Fundamentals, Surgical Techniques, and Complications. From the entry microsponge
  • Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.2001, Ben Z. Pilch, Head and Neck Surgical Pathology, page 203. From the entry dentigerous
  • On the other hand, the sperm‐ducts and oviducts appear to be formed as outgrowths of the cœlomic epithelium.1919, Gilbert Charles Bourne, An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals, G. Bell & sons, page 42. From the entry cœlomic
  • Choroidal thickness was defined as the distance between the retinal pigment epithelium (outermost hyperreflective line) to the inner margin of the sclera.2015 July 3, Shiming Wang et al., “Choroidal thickness and high myopia: a cross-sectional study and meta-analysis”, in BMC Ophthalmology…. From the entry hyperreflective
  • It has also been evidenced in placental epithelium, where it replicates (especially within intraplacental inflammatory infiltrates) without causing any specific histological lesions.2015 July 16, “Molecular Characterization of the First Bovine Herpesvirus 4 (BoHV-4) Strains Isolated from In Vitro Bovine Embryos…. From the entry intraplacental
  • Immediately after receiving a cervical fragment from the operating room, we dissected the exocervical epitheliums under a stereoscopic microscope to avoid stromal cells.2015 September 16, “CDKN3 mRNA as a Biomarker for Survival and Therapeutic Target in Cervical Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry exocervical
  • An incision was made around the ora serrata of each eye, and the anterior cornea, lens, capsule, and associated iris pigmented epithelium were removed.2003, Gibbs et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 100, number 11, page 6482. From the entry iris pigmented epithelium
  • There remains for discussion the mesenchyme theory, which proposes that a mesenchymal schizocele evolved into a cavity lined by a typical ciliated epithelium.1963, Ellsworth C. Dougherty, The Lower Metazoa, Comparative Biology and Phylogeny, page 87. From the entry schizocele
  • Obtained buccal epithelium and newly drawn, uncentrifuged blood collected in an EDTA tube were used for analysis of gene expression: a control GAPDH gene and Osteocalcin gene.2015 August 19, Mansur Rahnama et al., “Analysis of the Influence of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Osteocalcin Gene Expression in…. From the entry buccal
  • Compared with control animals, in rabbits treated with acetylsalicylic acid for 14 days small discontinuities were observed in glycocalix, and epithelium was disorganized and slightly vacuolized.2015 August 29, Ana M. Sahagún et al., “Study of the protective effect on intestinal mucosa of the hydrosoluble fiber Plantago ovata…. From the entry vacuolize
  • Aggregations ofinflammatory cells were found at 1 hour in the limbal epithelium, 2 hours in the perilimbal conjunctival epithelium, and 3 hours in the peripheral corneal epithelium.2015 September 4, “Changes of Ocular Surface and the Inflammatory Response in a Rabbit Model of Short-Term Exposure Keratopathy”, in PLOS…. From the entry perilimbal
  • No bacteria were observed to attach to the brush border of the midgut lumen or were seen in the ectoperitrophic space (between the PM and the midgut epithelium).2015 August 19, “Interaction of Vibrio spp. with the Inner Surface of the Digestive Tract of Penaeus monodon”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry ectoperitrophic
  • Over the mouths of uterine glands, pig allantochorion is not directly attached to the endometrial epithelium but forms areolae, where uterine gland secretions are absorbed by trophoblast cells.2015 November 11, “Proteome Differences in Placenta and Endometrium between Normal and Intrauterine Growth Restricted Pig Fetuses”, in…. From the entry allantochorion
  • An epitheliome is thus a conceptual grouping of all of the processes, expressed genes or proteins that make up a functional epithelium, and distinguishes each type of epithelia.2015, Julian A.T. Dow, Shireen A. Davies, “What is an epitheliome, anyway?”, in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, volume 67, →DOI. From the entry epitheliome
  • The choanal glands of caecilians open at the margin of the choanae, whereas those of salamanders open deep within the choanae at the margin of the olfactory epithelium.1986, William E. Duellman, Biology of Amphibians, page 409. From the entry choana
  • No longer in contact with an inner root sheath, the isthmus epithelium cornifies without a granular zone, and the thin cornified layer is composed of compactly arranged cornified cells.1985, Moschella & Hurley, Dermatology, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 51. From the entry cornify
  • The wall of the caecum is formed of three coats; viz. the outer pavemental epithelium of the peritoneum, a middle coat of muscle fibres, and a lining or secretory epithelium.1910, Leonard Worcester Williams, The Anatomy of the Common Squid, page 36. From the entry pavemental

Meaning of epithelium

  1. noun A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.

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Questions about epithelium in a sentence

How do you use epithelium in a sentence?
Epithelium is used as a noun. For example: “Vasopressin could be an autocrine hormone in the olfactory epithelium.”
What is a short sentence with epithelium?
“These organs were co-patterned from common epithelium.”
What does epithelium mean?
Epithelium means a membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin.

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