VMs: Epithelial cells & cilia

[Luis Vélez <legal1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From Georgina Bruni's piece on the VMS:

> What is fascinating was Newbold's discovery regarding epithelial cells and
> their cilia, which line the Fallopian tubes assisting the passage of eggs.

But David Kahn says [in reference to Newbold's solution]:

> One eminent physiologist went so far as to specify that some of the drawings
> probably represented the columnar epithelial cells with their cilia, drawn to
> a magnification of 75.

Does anyone know who would be the real author of this claim? Anyone who
would agree with this interpretation about epithelial cells, presumably
those on f86v?

>From the Basic Medical Training Manual, from Integrated Publishing:

> Columnar Epithelial Tissue
> Epithelial cells of this type are elongated, longer than they are wide.
> Columnar tissue is composed of a single layer of cells whose nuclei are
> located at about the same level as the nuclei in their neighboring cells.

http://www.tpub.com/corpsman/14295_files/image006.jpg
http://pathology.mc.duke.edu/research/Histo_course/fallotube1.jpg

> These cells can be located in the linings of the uterus, in various
> organs of the digestive system, and in the passages of the respiratory system.
> In the digestive system, the chief function of columnar tissue is the
> secretion of digestive fluids and the absorption of nutrients from digested
> foods. In certain areas (such as the nostrils, bronchial tubes, and trachea),
> this tissue has a crown of microscopic hairlike processes known as cilia.
> These cilia provide motion to move secretions
> and other matter along the surfaces from which they extend. They also act as a
> barrier, preventing foreign matter from entering these cavities.