An 8-year-old boy is

brought by his mother to the emergency. While playing with his younger sibling,

his brother hits him in the face with a toy. Unfortunately, in addition to

scraping his skin, he also hit him in the eye. The boy is examined and

fortunately only the superficial corneal epithelium was scratched. The eye is

therefore closed and bandaged to remain closed for the next 1-2 days. The

superficial corneal epithelium has a great ability to rapid regenerate and

during this time it will recover. What kind of epithelium is it?