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Describe the naming/classification scheme for epithelial tissues, based on two features.
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First Name
   Simple (epithelia): single cell layer
   Stratified (epithelia): two or more cell layers stacked on top of each other
   Pseudostratified (epithelia): single layer of cells of differing heights, some not reaching the free surface.
Last Name
   Squamous (cells): flattened and scale-like
   Cuboidal (cells): boxlike, tall as they are wide
   Columnar (cells): tall and column shaped

Middle Name
   Ciliated: it cilia are present

Examples:
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium (lining trachea)
Simple columnar epithelium (small intestines)
Simple squamous epithelium (alveolar walls in lungs)
   
Source  Pearson's Human Anatomy & Physiology 10 edition, p.118-122
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