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Simple epithelium is:
  1. One cell thick
  2. Two cells thick
  3. Two or three cells thick
  4. All are correct

A
One cell thick
B
Two or three cells thick
C
All are correct
D
Two cells thick
Solution
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Epithelial tissue that is only one cell thick is called the simple epithelium.
Simple squamous, simple cuboidal, simple columnar and simple pseudostratified are four types of simple epithelium.
Epithelium that is two or more cells thick is called the stratified epithelium.
Thus, the correct option is A.

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