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Basement membrane

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Simple squamous epithelial cell <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Simple squamous epithelial cell

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Nucleus <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Nucleus

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Inset (higher magnification) <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Inset (higher magnification)

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Plasma membrane <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Plasma membrane

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Lamina lucida <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Lamina lucida

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Lamina densa <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Lamina densa

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Reticular lamina <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Reticular lamina

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Junctional complex <p>All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x</p>

Junctional complex

All epithelia rest on a basement membrane, which consists of two components, the basal lamina, secreted by epithelial cells, and a reticular lamina, secreted by fibroblasts in the underlying connective tissue. The basal lamina is, in turn, subdivided into lamina lucida and lamina densa. Additional studies have shown that the presence of the lamina lucida results from a fixation-shrinkage artifact of the tissue. The clear space does not exist in life and thus the lamina densa lies directly adjacent to the plasma membrane. Serosa 15,000x

Main Slide Simple squamous epithelial cell Nucleus Inset (higher magnification)Plasma membrane Lamina lucida Lamina densa Reticular lamina Junctional complex