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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Growth Differ. 2012 Apr;54(3):306–316. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2012.01342.x

Figure 3. Pseudostratified conformations allow for more cells to be contained with limited surface area.

Figure 3

Neural epithelial cells are connected to a limited surface area. Since the nuclei take up more room than the apical endfeet, pseudostratification allows the same number of cells to occupy less space.