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What are the charecteristics of epihtelial tissue

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- covers and lines body surfaces

- minimal intercellular substance

- cells are densley packed together

- cells rest on basement membrane

- simple (single line of cells) and stratified (multiple layers)

- squamous (oval like shape), cuboidal (cube shape), columnar (long rectangle shape)

- vascular (tissue doesn't have its own blood supply)

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