Goblet cells are typically found in which type of epithelium?

a. Pseudostratified columnar
b. Simple cuboidal
c. Simple squamous
d. Stratified squamous
e. Transitional


ANS: A
Tall, columnar mucus-secreting goblet cells are found only in association with other columnar ep-ithelial cells and differentiate under the influence of a protein called Math-1 that is produced within this type of epithelium. See 2-6.

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