Epithelia
Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast
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The Role of Epithelia in Diffusion
With epithelia, there's this saying that we like to say, which is form equals function. And you know, it's function if you think about it, right? Broadly, if you're going to have a tissue type that's exposed to an environment, its job is to interact with that environment in some way. Sometimes the environment needs something to be released into it. So sometimes epithelia will be secreted. Needs to move things. Sometimes gases need to be moved. The structure of the cell itself tells you what it does.
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