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Slide 33
Soft palate, unspecified source.
The palate separates the oral cavity (mouth) from the nasal cavity. Note the following features
- Oral mucosa (nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium)
- Nasal, respiratory mucosa (ciliated, pseudostratified columnar epithelium)
- Muscle
- Mucous salivary glands
- Ordinary connective tissue (some lymphoid tissue)
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