squamous, cuboidal, and columnar

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thegreat267

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I am having a hard distinguishing between these types of epithelial tissues and where they are located. Can someone explain this?

Thanks
 
I am having a hard distinguishing between these types of epithelial tissues and where they are located. Can someone explain this?

Thanks
Cuboidal is on glands and stuff and squamous is on skin and stuff. I believe there are columnars on the throat with mucus. That's all I know about them
 
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I know I came across a question in Destroyer 2013 regarding a picture and asking what type of tissue/cell the specific image was, and the answer was epithelia tissue. I honestly that's enough for this type of an exam. Knowing that cuboidal, columnar, etc. are part of epithelial is I guess important, but knowing each specifically, is a bit excessive.
 
I know I came across a question in Destroyer 2013 regarding a picture and asking what type of tissue/cell the specific image was, and the answer was epithelia tissue. I honestly that's enough for this type of an exam. Knowing that cuboidal, columnar, etc. are part of epithelial is I guess important, but knowing each specifically, is a bit excessive.
Honestly I can't tell what is excessive anymore. When one question can be 3 points off a section, every little thing matters.