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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Reprod Immunol. 2014 Mar 24;71(6):618–623. doi: 10.1111/aji.12230

Figure 1. Comparison of morphology of epidermal vs. vaginal epithelia.

Figure 1

A) Structure of normal human vulvar epidermis. SB = stratum basalis; SS = stratum spinosum, SG = stratum granulosa, SC = stratum corneum.

B) Structure of normal human vaginal epithelium. (SB= stratum basalis, SuB = suprabasal layer; SC= stratum corneum).

Both specimens were collected fresh after surgery, fixed in formalin, mounted in paraffin, sectioned at 6 um and stained with hematoxylin and eosin.