
Basal lamina
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

Stratum basale
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

- Hemidesmosomes
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

- Keratin filaments
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

Basal lamina
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

- Lamina lucida
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

- Lamina densa
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

- Anchoring fibrils
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x

Reticular lamina
Cells of the stratum basale rest on a basal lamina, securely anchored to it by numerous hemidesmosomes into which keratin filaments insert. The basal lamina is composed of a lamina lucida and a lamina densa, which rests, in turn, on the reticular lamina of the dermis. Fibrils from lamina densa anchor the basal lamina to the reticular lamina. The basal lamina together with the reticular lamina constitute the basement membrane. 35,000x