Slide # 26 - Thick Skin

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Low magnification view of a section of thick skin showing the epidermis (E) and dermis (D); subdivisions of the dermis are the papillary layer (DPL) an area of loose, areolar connective tissue extending up into the epidermis as dermal pegs (DP), and the deeper, reticular layer (DRL).

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