Epithelium

Epithelium also lines internal cavities and passageways such as the chest, brain, eye, inner surfaces of blood vessels, and heart and inner ear.

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Epithelium forms most of the surface of the skin, and the lining of the intestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts.

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Epithelium provides physical protection from abrasion, dehydration, and damage by xenobiotics.

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Heimer, “The Vaginal Epithelium in the Postmenopause—Cytology, Histology, and pH as Methods of Assessment,” Maturitas 21 1995: 51–56.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

Heimer, “The Vaginal Epithelium in the Postmenopause—Cytology, Histology, and pH as Methods of Assessment,” Maturitas 21 1995: 51–56.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

Heimer, “The Vaginal Epithelium in the Postmenopause—Cytology, Histology, and pH as Methods of Assessment,” Maturitas 21 1995: 51–56.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

Heimer, “The Vaginal Epithelium in the Postmenopause—Cytology, Histology, and pH as Methods of Assessment,” Maturitas 21 1995: 51–56.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause M.D. Vivian Pinn 2006

Epithelium = the upper tissue layer of the skin or an internal organ

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

Epithelium: the layer of cells which covers a surface or lines a cavity.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Epithelium fragments, probably portions of the internal root-sheath, sometimes adhere to the shaft of the hair as it grows up, and look like concretions.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896