Take a look at the tissue magnified at 400X (high power) above. The cells touching the clear area have a "fuzzy" look to them. Cells higher in the tissue appear to be tall while lower cells appear to be more rounded. The nuclei appear at different levels.


1) This tissue is called...... stratified squamous nonkeratinized simple ciliated columnar transitional pseudostratified ciliated columnar
2) The tissue is part of a...... mucous membrane serous membrane cutaneous membrane synovial membrane
3) The function of this tissue is...... shock absorption diffusion and filtration to capture debris or cells to bend and stretch

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