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Slide 89
Human skin. Unusual stain. Elastic fibers may be more evident than in ordinary H&E stained preparations.
Week 3 -- Look for connective tissue -- the fibrous dermis beneath the epidermis.
Week 2 -- Find stratified squamous epithelium (on surface), cuboidal epithelium (sweat glands).
Week 1 -- Find stratified squamous epithelium.
The epidermis is a keratinized stratified squamous epithelium; for comparison, Slide 7 provides an example of non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium.
For more, see skin, also slides 10, 43, 92.
Also see epithelial tissue.
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