Is epithelium a dead tissue.,? And if it is then why the basement membrane is thin so that epithelium tissues can get nutrition from connective tissue as epithelium is dead it doesn't need nutrition?
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Epithelium can be keratinized (contain keratin) or non-keratinized (lack keratin). Keratinized epithelium has dead cells while non-keratinized has living cells as outer surface. So,epithelium could be dead or living. It does not have its blood supply. So, it absorbs nutrients and oxygen from cells present beneath it.
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Please find below the solution to the asked query
Epithelium can be keratinized (contain keratin) or non-keratinized (lack keratin). Keratinized epithelium has dead cells while non-keratinized has living cells as outer surface. So,epithelium could be dead or living. It does not have its blood supply. So, it absorbs nutrients and oxygen from cells present beneath it.
Hope this information will clear your doubts about the topic.
If you have any more doubts just ask here on the forum and our experts will try to help you out as soon as possible.
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