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the different cells shapes

  1. Squamous
    thin and flat

    • skin, lining areas, flat lining
    • looks like a sunny side up egg
  2. Polygonal
    irregularly angular with 4 or more sides

    think of a pentagon or hexagon.
  3. Cuboidal
    squarish
  4. Columnar
    taller than wide

    height is longer than width
  5. Spheroid
    round

    • leukocytes
    • WBC
  6. Discoid
    disc-shaped

    RBC
  7. Stellate
    starlike

    brain
  8. Fusiform
    thick in middle, tapered at ends

    muscles
  9. Fibrous
    threadlike

    skeletal muscle
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the different cells shapes
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different cell shapes
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