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What is an epithelium? Enumerate the characteristic features of different epithelia.

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Epithelial tissue is sheet of cells that covers the body surface or lines the body cavity.
1. Simple epithelium is single layered.
2. Squamous epithelium is made of flattened cells with irregular boundaries.
3. Columnar epithelium is made of column like cells with round to oval nuclei at the base.
4. Ciliated epithelium has ciilia at the free end.
5. Compound epithelium is made of multi-layered cells.
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