Assertion: epithelium's cell | /r/CapableOf | reach basement membrane
Facets:
value: like trees in a forest
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Microscopic appearance: Looks multilayered; some cells do not reach free surface, but all cells reach basement membrane; nuclei at several levels in deeper half of epithelium; often with goblet cells; often ciliated
text: This epithelium looks stratified in most tissue sections, but a careful examination, especially with the electron microscope, shows that every cell reaches the basement membrane—like trees in a forest all anchored in the soil, but with some growing taller than others.