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Glandular epithelium is distinguished as unicellular and multicellular epithelium on the basis of number of cells. When we state unicellular glandular epithelium do we mean that only one type of cell in that tissue is responsible for secretion or does only one cell in the tissue secrete?

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only one cell secrete secretions

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