stratified squamous epithelium

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epithelium consisting of several layers of keratin-containing cells in which the surface cells are flattened and scalelike and the deeper cells are polyhedral. Keratin filaments become progressively more abundant toward the surface, which on the dry areas of the body may consist of a layer of dead corneocytes.

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Third, the earliest appearance of C4.4A in embryogenic development of the esophagus occurs at E15.5 [12], corresponding to the initiation of esophageal transdifferentiation from a columnar to a stratified squamous epithelium [45].

Expression of C4.4A in an In Vitro Human Tissue-Engineered Skin Model

In the nonglandular part, the stratified squamous epithelium (arrow) was cornified and the circular muscle (CM) was developed.

Sexual Dimorphism in Histological Structure of Normal Rat Stomach/ Dimorfismo Sexual en la Estructura Histologica del Estomago Normal de la Rata

Histopathology showed thyroglossal duct cyst with stratified squamous epithelium infiltrated by papillary cells.

PRIMARY THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST PAPILL ARY CARCINOMA: A CASE REPORT

Mitosis and differentiation in the stratified squamous epithelium of the rat esophagus.

Maintenance of the corneal epithelium is carried out by germinative cells of its basal stratum and not by presumed stem cells of the limbus

Anti-CK5/6 strongly stained the transition area from stratified squamous epithelium to neoplasia; the squamous solid component and the glandular structures were moderately stained.

A new case of syringocystadenocarcinoma papilliferum: a rare pathology for a wide-ranging comprehension

(3) Histopathologically, KOTs are characterized by a connective tissue capsule lined with parakeratinized stratified squamous epithelium of 5-8 cell layers.

Morphometric evaluation of keratocystic odontogenic tumor before and after marsupialization

(1) Evidence points to this as a metaplastic condition in reaction to ulceration and re-epithelialisation, the columnar epithelium replacing the normal stratified squamous epithelium. (2) Only specialised columnar epithelium consisting of a villiform growth pattern containing columnar, goblet, Paneth and endocrine cells (i.e.

Barrett's oesophagus

Smejkal, "Field cancerization in oral stratified squamous epithelium: clinical implications of multicentric origin," Cancer, vol.

Chromoendoscopy to detect early synchronous second primary esophageal carcinoma in patients with squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck?

Histologically, the specimen displayed both endophytic and exophytic morphology, comprising of warty papillomatous projections lined by variably atypical stratified squamous epithelium and overlying hyperkeratosis and parakeratin.

An unusual case of bilateral verrucous carcinoma of the foot (epithelioma cuniculatum)

(1) Oral epithelium is classified into three types based on their morphology and specific pattern of differentiation: keratinized stratified squamous epithelium (masticatory mucosa distributed in hard palate and gingiva), non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium (buccal mucosa, labial mucosa) and specialized mucosa (dorsal surface of the tongue).

Keratinization and its disorders

Stratified squamous epithelium with sebaceous and sweat glands, hair shafts, calcification, few bony spicules and bone marrow elements were all demonstrated.

Retroperitoneal teratoma in an adult presenting with painful abdominal mass: case history and literature review

More than 90 percent of OPCs are squamous cell carcinoma, which develops as abnormal cells in the stratified squamous epithelium lining the entire oral cavity.

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