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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

9. Skin

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9.1 Thick skin

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Section of the thick skin of the palm of a hand.

The three main layers of the skin are visible:

Epidermis (A) with its thick superficial cornified layer (stratum corneum) (*) and its underlying stratified squamous epithelium (+).
Dermis (B) mainly composed of dense connective tissue (including vessels and nerves) showing dermal papillae (vertical arrows) which project into the epithelium.
Hypodermis (C) composed of areas of adipose tissue separated by septae of dense connective tissue.

Profiles of sweat glands (G) are seen at the borderline of the dermis and hypodermis. On the right, the duct of a sweat gland crosses the dermis in the direction of the surface of the skin.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×100

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