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EPITHELIUM AND GLANDS

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Slide 29: Thick skin (ventral surface of finger)<br />

Epidermis with<br />

keratinized stratified<br />

squamous epithelium<br />

Dermis<br />

Hypodermis<br />

The major function of this type of epithelium (thick skin) is for<br />

protection from mechanical stress, but it also prevents dehydration.

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