Chap. II.] 



EPITHELIAL TISSUE. 



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Fig. 7. — Simple Col- 

 umnar Epithelium, a. 



squeeze in between them. Columnar epithelium is found in its 

 most characteristic form lining the mucous 

 membrane of the intestinal canal. 



Glandular epithelium is found in the re- 

 cesses of secreting glands. The cells are of 

 many different shapes, and are usually set 

 round a tubular or saccular cavity, into the cells; 6, intercellular 



1 • 1 .-i , • • 1 rpi , substance between the 



which the secretion is poured. The proto- i^^^er end of cells, 

 plasm 01 these cells is generally filled by 



the materials which the gland 



secretes. 



In ciliated epithelium the cells, 

 which are generally columnar in 

 shape, bear at their free extrem- 

 ities little hair-like processes 

 which are agitated incessantly 

 with a lashing or vibrating mo- 

 tion. These minute and delicate 

 processes are named cilia^ and 

 may be regarded as active prolon- 

 gations of the cell-protoplasm. 



Fig. 8. — Glandular Epithelium, ^J^g manner in which cilia move 

 WITH THE Cells set round a Simple . 



Saccular Gland. (Highly magnified.) IS best seen when they are not 

 (Fiemmiug.) acting very quickly. The mo- 



tion of an individual cilium may be compared to the lash-like 

 motion of a short-handled 

 whip, the cilium being rap- 

 idly bent in one direction. 

 The motion does not involve 

 the whole of the ciliated sur- 

 face at the same moment, 

 but is performed by the cilia 

 in regular succession, giv- 

 ing rise to the appearance of 

 a series of waves travelling 



along the surface like the pio. 9. — ciliated Epithelium from the 

 waves caused by the Avind Human Trachea. (Highly magnified.) a, 

 n ^J c 1- i. 1X7-1, large ciliated cell ; d, cell, with two nuclei. 



m a field of wheat. When ^ 



they are in very rapid action, their motion conveys the idea of 



swiftly running water. 



