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The olfactory epithelium in the nasal cavity in an example of psuedo-stratified columnar epithelium. In this example, the sensory cilia on the apical surface are obscured by a layer of mucous. The columnar epithelial cells all contact a basement membrane.
Image from AF Wiechmann and CR Wirsig (2003) "Color Atlas of Xenopus laevis Histology", (page 4, Chapter 1, Basic tissues: Figure 9). Copyright 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Reproduced with kind permission from Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
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