Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable It had previously been believed that epithelial cells were "prism-shaped" or "truncated pyramids." But researchers at the University of Seville ...

That means that the cross-section is the same throughout the length of the prism. The polygon shape of the cross-section may be used to name the prism. A prism with a triangle-shaped cross-section ...

When epithelial cells pack together in a layer of flat tissue, each will often take the shape of a column with five or six sides—a prism. As the tissue grows and bends, some cells deform ...

It had been assumed that these cells adopted prism- or pyramid-like shapes to form these structures, but no one was sure as only thin cross-sections had been examined.… Receive a weekly dose of ...