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Learn about Basal Cells
What is a basal cell?
A basal cell is a type of epithelial stem cell. (1)
A basal cells can refer to any cell that sits on an epithelial basement membrane. (1)
What do basal cells do?
Basal cells divided and renew to produced other functional epithelialal cells. (1)
Where are basal cells located?
Basal cells are located in the lower layers of multi-layered epithelium and pockets in single-layered epithelium. (1)
What damages basal cells?
The cells of the deepest layer are columnar, known as basal cells, which are attached by muliprotein complexes known as hemidesmosomes to an underlying basement membrane. (2)
Resources
1. https://biologydictionary.net/basal-cell/
