cuboidal cell

Description

A type of epithelial cell that is shaped like a square or cube.

Cuboidal cells are found in the epithelium lining of the ducts such as those in the pancreas, and of glands such as the salivary gland. Cuboidal cells also line the kidney tubules (small structures in the kidney that filter blood and produce urine).

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