Simple Squamous Epithelium
Product Code : SCL-BLE-11671
Simple Squamous Epithelium (SKU SCL-BLE-11671) is a coloured prepared microscope slide of simple squamous epithelium, the single layer of thin, flat cells that lines surfaces such as blood vessels and the air sacs of the lungs. It is mounted on a 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm rectangular borosilicate glass slide and kept in a plastic box. It supports tissue and histology lessons. Science Lab Supplies handles supply from Ambala, India for schools, colleges, training institutes, tender contractors and distributors.
Specifications
The squamous epithelium slide is described in full in the table. In short, it is a coloured tissue preparation on a rectangular borosilicate glass slide in the 1 × 3 inch (25.4 × 76.2 mm) size, protected by a plastic box for repeated use in histology and biology practicals.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| SKU | SCL-BLE-11671 |
| Specimen | Simple squamous epithelium |
| Preparation | Coloured |
| Slide dimensions | 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm (1 × 3 in) |
| Slide shape | Rectangular |
| Slide material | Borosilicate glass |
| Box material | Plastic |
| Use | Laboratory microscopy |
| Supplied by | Science Lab Supplies, Ambala, India |
Applications and Experiments for the Squamous Epithelium Slide
The slide introduces the simplest epithelial tissue: one layer of flat, tile-like cells fitting closely together. Students can trace cell outlines and nuclei, then connect the thin structure to its job of allowing diffusion and filtration across vessel walls and lung air sacs.
- Class 9 biology (NCERT): animal tissues, with squamous epithelium as the first type of epithelium.
- Class 11 biology: structural organisation in animals, comparing simple squamous with cuboidal and columnar epithelium on an Advanced School Microscope.
- B.Sc. zoology, nursing and paramedical histology: identifying epithelial tissue types.
- Relating the tissue to whole-cell structure using an Animal Cell Model.
Focus first at low power to find the tissue, then increase magnification to resolve individual cell boundaries; return the slide to its box afterwards.
Standard Scope of Supply
Supply consists of one coloured prepared slide of simple squamous epithelium on 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm borosilicate glass, in a plastic box. Microscopes and slides of other tissues are not included; they can be priced together on one quotation for a histology series.
Packing, MOQ and Lead Time
The slide can be quoted on its own for the teacher's demonstration or in a quantity matching the microscopes in your lab. Each quotation names the packing, delivery time and price, and slides of muscle, blood or organ sections can be added to it.
Science Lab Supplies holds an Importer-Exporter Code, which means it can ship to buyers in Bangladesh, Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa, Qatar and Sri Lanka. Write to us through the contact page, compile slides in the enquiry cart, or use the lab tender page for institutional tenders.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is simple squamous epithelium found in the body?
It lines the walls of blood vessels and the air sacs of the lungs, among other surfaces. Its very thin, single layer of flat cells lets gases and small molecules pass across easily.
What should students draw from the slide?
Students can record the flat, polygonal cell outlines fitting together like tiles and the nucleus in each cell, labelling the tissue as one cell layer thick and noting how thin it is.
What size and material is the slide?
The slide is rectangular, 25.4 mm × 76.2 mm, and made of borosilicate glass, with a plastic box for storage. It fits the stage clips of standard school and college microscopes.
Who supplies the Simple Squamous Epithelium slide?
Science Lab Supplies supplies it from Ambala, India, and can quote it with skin, muscle, blood, lung and blood-vessel slides so that a complete histology set comes from one source.
Related Histology Slides and Models
These slides and models extend a tissue lesson: another animal tissue preparation, skin sections in slide and model form, and slides of muscle, blood, lung and blood vessels where squamous and other tissues appear. Any of them can be quoted together with this slide.
- Animal Tissue Prepared Microscope Slide — prepared slide for observing animal tissue structure.
- Transverse Section of Human Skin, Hair Gland Section — coloured borosilicate slide in a white plastic box.
- Transverse Section of the Skin — PVC relief model enlarged 70 times, with hairs and glands.
- Skeletal Muscle, Longitudinal and Transverse Sections — coloured slide with both section planes of muscle.
- Colored Human Blood — coloured human blood slide, 25.4 × 76.2 mm.
- Lungs, Cross Section — coloured lung cross-section slide on borosilicate glass.
- Artery and Vein, Cross Section — coloured cross-section slide of an artery and a vein.
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Last updated: 9 October 2026
