transitional epithelium

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Introduction

Distensible pseudostratified epithelium found in the kidneys, ureters & bladder. Transitional epithelium contains large polyploid superficial cells that appear cuboidal in the relaxed state, but broad & squamous in the distended state.

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References

  1. ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
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