epithelium

Avascular, cellular layer covering body surfaces, including: 1) cutaneous 2) mucous 3) serous 4) glands Epthelium may be simple or stratified: 1) simple epithelium a) columnar epithelium (intestines) b) transitional epithelium c) cuboidal epithelium d) simple squamous epithelium e) neuroepithelium 2) stratified epithelium -> stratified squamous epithelium (epidermis) Many if not most epithelia rest on basement membrane.

Specific

columnar epithelium cuboidal epithelium epidermis germinal epithelium mesothelium mucous membrane neuroepithelium serous membrane; serosa simple epithelium squamous epithelium stratified epithelium thymic corpuscles (Hassall bodies, Hassall concentric corpuscles, Virchow-Hassall bodies, Hassall's corpuscles) transitional epithelium

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.