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Stratified squamous, nonkeratinized (moist) epithelium

The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x

Stratified squamous, nonkeratinized (moist) epithelium <p>The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x </p>

Stratified squamous, nonkeratinized (moist) epithelium

The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x

- Basal layer cells <p>The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x </p>

- Basal layer cells

The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x

- Squamous cells <p>The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x </p>

- Squamous cells

The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x

Basement membrane <p>The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x </p>

Basement membrane

The lining of the vagina is another example of a stratified squamous moist epithelium providing protection against abrasion for an internal body surface. This epithelium has a basal layer of cuboidal cells that are mitotically active. Above them are several layers of polygonal cells that become progressively more flattened, until they become squamous at the luminal surface. Vagina, 400x

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