SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

SPINAL CORD

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The epithelium lining capillaries is simple squamous.  This is from the spinal cord slide.  The large cells with dense purplebodies are spinal motor neurons.   Can you find the nucleus of an endothelial cell (the cell that lines the capillary)?

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KIDNEY
Also, the epithelium lining Bowman's capsule (inside circle) or the capillaries in the glomeruli of of the kidney is simple squamous.  Can you find red blood cells in the capillaries?   Hint: they are stained bright red.  The dense purple bodies are the nuclei of the various cell types.  What other type of epithelium do you see in the above image?

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