Epithelia
Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast
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Meta-Plasia: A Change in Cell Type
meta-plasia is changing a cell into an established cell type in order to protect it ultimately. Of an environmental stimulus. Another good example is the esophagus, when you get a lot of reflux. It's changing from a stratified squamous into a type of a columbar. Now this has become, this has now termed a pathology. And in many cases, this is termed pre-cancerous.
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