Transitional epithelium

Transitional epithelium, often called urinary epithelium or urothelium, lines passageways of the urinary tract and is specialized to accommodate transitions between relaxation and distension. Thus, this epithelium varies between stratified cuboidal and stratified squamous. When relaxed the epithelium is stratified cuboidal with dome-shaped cells at the surface. With distension, the epithelium thins, becoming stratified squamous as the dome cells flatten. Urinary bladder, 1000x

Transitional epithelium, often called urinary epithelium or urothelium, lines passageways of the urinary tract and is specialized to accommodate transitions between relaxation and distension. Thus, this epithelium varies between stratified cuboidal and stratified squamous. When relaxed the epithelium is stratified cuboidal with dome-shaped cells at the surface. With distension, the epithelium thins, becoming stratified squamous as the dome cells flatten. Urinary bladder, 1000x

Transitional epithelium, often called urinary epithelium or urothelium, lines passageways of the urinary tract and is specialized to accommodate transitions between relaxation and distension. Thus, this epithelium varies between stratified cuboidal and stratified squamous. When relaxed the epithelium is stratified cuboidal with dome-shaped cells at the surface. With distension, the epithelium thins, becoming stratified squamous as the dome cells flatten. Urinary bladder, 1000x