The most correct classification of an epithelial tissue consisting of many layers of cells, in which the outer layers are flat and thin, and the basal layers are cuboidal or columnar is

A) simple columnar epithelium.
B) pseudostratified epithelium.
C) stratified squamous epithelium.
D) transitional epithelium.
E) simple squamous epithelium.


Ans: C) stratified squamous epithelium.

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