Cuboid --a cuboid is a solid bounded by six rectangular plane regions.

A cuboid has

Faces Fig.16.1 is made of six rectangular plane regions namely ABCDEFGH CGFB AEFB and CDHG.These six rectangular plane regions are six faces of the cuboid shown in Fig.16.1.

Cube : Cuboid :: ?:?

Solid cuboid a solid cuboid or a cuboid or a cuboidal region in the part of space bounded by the xis faces of a cuboid.

Cuboidal tissue takes part in

Simple Cuboidal tissue

Fill in the blanks to make the following statements true: A cuboid has .......... vertices. A cuboid has .......... edges A cuboid has .......... faces. The number of lateral faces of a cuboid is ......... A cuboid all of whose edges are equal is called a ......... Two adjacent faces of a cuboid meet in a line segment called its ......... Each edge of a cuboid can be obtained as a line segment in which two ......... meet. ......... edges of a cube (or cuboid) meet at each of its vertices. A ......... is a cuboid in which all the six faces are squares. The three concurrent edges of a cuboid meet at a point called the ......... of the cuboid.

A Cuboid has ____ rectangular faces, ____edges and _____vertices.