Stratified Squamous Epithelium

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  • Stratified Squamous Epithelium: provides PROTECTION to MECHANICAL STRESS or desiccation and found in the skin.
  • Stratified squamous epithelium are found in areas who are subjected to a great deal of what?
    Wear and Tear
  • What are the 2 types of STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM?
    Non-keratinized and keratinized
  • Keratinized or Non-keratinized: Moist cavities like the ORAL CAVITY, ESOPHAGUS, VAGINA, ANAL CANAL, and CORNEA
    Non-keratinized
  • Keratinized or Non-keratinized: Skin
    Keratinized
  • KERATINIZED contains nonliving, keratinized cells filled with protein called keratin.
  • What are the 5 layers of skin?
    Strata CORNEUM, LUCIDUM, GRANULOSUM, SPINOSUM, and BASALE
  • Which layer of the skin is ONLY present in Palms and Soles of feet?
    Stratum lucidum
  • Melanin pigment granules (yellowish-brown pigment granules) can be seen in cells situated in the basal layer of the epidermis of the skin.
  • Melanosome produced by melanocytes are incorporated into the cytoplasm of the skin cells (keratinocytes).
  • In the palm skin, the cells towards the bottom of the epithelium are all alive and well, their conversion to heavily keratinized squamous creates a thick protective outer layer.