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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2014 Oct;57(5):1679–1691. doi: 10.1044/2014_JSLHR-S-13-0283

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Structure of the vocal fold epithelial barrier. Vocal fold epithelium is classified as stratified squamous consisting of multiple layers of closely packed squamous cells. (A) Coronal histologic section through membranous portion of a human vocal fold at 20x magnification. Ep – Epithelium, LP – Lamina Propria. (B) Schematic of the vocal fold epithelial barrier. Cell layers are divided into two sections: suprabasal layers and basal layer. The basal layer of epithelial cells is joined to a basement membrane.