Stratified squamous epithelium Function, Definition, Location, Types.
Stratified squamous epithelium Definition The stratified squamous epithelium consists of squamous (flattened) epithelial cells arranged in layers upon a basal membrane. A stratified squamous epithelium contains many sheets of cells, where the cells in the apical layer and several layers present deep to it are squamous, but the cells in deeper layers vary from cuboidal … Read more