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EPITHELIUM AND GLANDS

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Slide 29 : Thick skin (ventral surface of<br />

finger)<br />

Keratinized stratified<br />

squamous epithelium<br />

Polyhedral cells<br />

Cuboidal cells of the stratum<br />

basale<br />

The cells in the stratum<br />

basale serve as stem<br />

cells for the epidermis,<br />

and their progeny<br />

differentiate as they move<br />

away from the base.

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