Human Lip (4x objective lens)

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This low magnification view of the interior of the the lip shows a nonkeratinizing stratified squamous epithelium (mucous membrane), resting on a lamina propria of loose connective tissue, containing secretory units and ducts of seromucous labial glands and, more deeply, fascicles of skeletal muscle.

Stain = H&E.

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