Skin cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a squamous cell on the surface of the skin. This is a flat, keratinised, dead cell. Squamous

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Skin cell. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a squamous cell on the surface of the skin. This is a flat, keratinised, dead cell. Squamous cells are continuously sloughed off and replaced with new cells from below.

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