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Mucosa of the Soft Palate

This is the mucosa of the oropharyngeal aspect of the soft palate. It resembles the buccal and labial mucosa; the connective tissue papillae (A) are of moderate height and the stratified squamous epithelium is not keratinized.


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A - connective tissue papillae

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