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Scutoids are a geometric shape discovered in 2018 that represent the shapes that epithelial cells may take within human tissues. This package helps in calculating their volume and surface area.
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## Geometry
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The scutoid form is essentially a 3-dimensional shape that has a pentagon on one face and a hexagon on the opposite face, with a characteristic Y-junction on its lateral surface.
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- The shape starts with a pentagonal prism as the base structure
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- Then a triangular prism is subtracted from one edge
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- This creates the transition from pentagon to hexagon across the height
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