(from the article `adenoids`) The surface layer of the adenoids consists of ciliated epithelial cells covered by a thin film of mucus. The cilia, which are microscopic hairlike ... ...the brain. Squamous, or flattened, epithelial cells, very thin and irregular in outline, occur as the covering epithelium of the alveoli of the ... [2 ...
Any epithelium having motile cilia on the free surface. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
epithelium bearing vibratile, hairlike processes (cilia) on its free surface.
Type: Term Definitions: 1. any epithelium having motile cilia on the free surface.