Basement membrane Memes

The cellular identity crisis is real! Pseudostratified cells are the drama queens of histology - they look like they're arranged in multiple layers (hence the guy dramatically yelling "I'M STRATIFIED"), but secretly, they're all touching the basement membrane underneath (like our relaxed dude at the bottom). It's basically the cellular version of those people who pretend to be fancy but still live in their parents' basement. These cells are the ultimate biological gaslighters - appearing multi-layered when they're actually just a single layer of cells with nuclei at different heights. Biology's greatest optical illusion, found lining your respiratory tract and making histology students question their sanity since forever.