Skin Biopsy Specimen

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• Features which can be seen in this image include
  • Epidermis.
  • Connective tissue of dermis, including the coarsely-textured reticular layer and the finely-textured papillary layer.
  • A vein.
  • Several small blood vessels, whose individual identities as venule, arteriole, or capillary are difficult to determine from this image. In any case a thin endothelial lining clearly distinguishes a vessel from a glandular duct.
  • Many small features (such as individual fibroblasts and collagen fibers) are not individually labelled.

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Last updated:  11 December 2007  / dgk