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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2013 Feb 12;49(6):582–590. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.01.009

Figure 3. Representative confocal imaging histology of normal oral mucosa.

Figure 3

An atlas of the oral mucosa displaying different layers of the stratified squamous epithelium and subepithelial connective tissue: (A) basal cell layer, (B) parabasal cell layer (50 μm above A), (C) spinous cell layer, (D–E) superficial parakeratinized or keratinized layer, (F) Subepithelial connective tissue. The scale bar is 100 μm wide.