- Anatomy and Physiology I & II (Bio 141/142)

Copyright ã 2007 Michael H. Mitchell – All Rights Reserved
(Prpared slides with written permission from 
Carolina Biological Supply Co, Burlington, N. C. and 
Wards Scientific, Rochester, New York)

Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

As with simple squamous epithelium, the Renal Cortex is an excellent location to demonstrate
simple cuboidal epithelium.  The Proximal and Distal Convoluted Tubules are found clustered around the 
Renal Corpuscles (the proximal tubules are much more numerous and darker staining).  If you examine 
the renal medulla, most of the cell architecture there is simple cuboidal making up the collecting 
ducts and thick ascending & descending limbs of the loop of Henle.
Note:  you may see rather "tall cuboidal" or "low columnar" cells.....for my class we will 
consider it just "simple cuboidal". 
 
renal cortex
renal medulla
thyroid Gland (sml dc)
salivary gland (sml dc)
pancrease (sml dc)
surface of ovaries
capsule of lenses
ducts of submandibular salivary gland

Functions: secretion, filtration