'Terminal web' is a horizontal mat of fibrils just below the surface membrane and is characteristic of

Squamous epithelium

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Columnar epithelium

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Glandular epithelium

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Ciliated epithelium

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Solution

The correct option is C Columnar epithelium
The terminal web is a meshwork of actin and intermediate filaments at the level of the adherens junction that attaches to and stabilizes, actin filaments of the microvilli. It is composed primarily of actin filaments stabilized by spectrin, which also anchors the terminal web to the apical cell membrane and is a characteristic of columnar epithelium.
So, the correct answer is option B.

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