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stratified squamous epithelium

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stratified squamous epithelium [′strad·ə‚fīd ′skwā·məs ‚ep·ə′thē·lē·əm]
(histology)
A multiple-layered epithelium composed of thin, flat superficial cells and cuboidal and columnar deeper cells.


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Microscopically, cholesteatoma capsules exhibit fully differentiated, stratified squamous epithelium on connective tissue.
The mucosa is lined primarily with nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium which gradually becomes transitional cell epithelium near the bladder.
 
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