Light micrograph of human glabrous skin. At top is the epidermis, a keratinized stratified squamous epithelium showing a prominent horny layer with two acrosyringia, the excretory ducts of eccrine sweat glands. On the bottom, the dermis shows eccrine sweat glands. Haematoxylin and eosin stain. The scale bar corresponds to 1 mm.

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Keywords: -, background, dermis, eosin, epidermis, epithelium, foot, glabrous, haematoxylin, histology, horny, layer, light, lm, micrograph, microscope, microscopy, simple, skin, sole, squamous, stratified, white