The epithelial tissue found in areas subject to considerable friction and abuse, such as the skin, is

The epithelial tissue found in areas subject to considerable friction and abuse, such as the skin, is the stratified squamous epithelium.

Stratified squamous is an epithelial tissue that consist of many layers of flattened cells, the simple squamous is an epithelial tissue consisting of one layer of cells flattened like fish scales, The simple cuboidal consists of one layer of cube-shaped cells while the stratified cuboidal are epithelial tissue consisting of two layers of cube shaped cells.