Primate ear canal. Coloured freeze-fracture scanning electron micrograph (SEM) through an ear canal from a macaque. The external auditory meatus has a

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Primate ear canal. Coloured freeze-fracture scanning electron micrograph (SEM) through an ear canal from a macaque. The external auditory meatus has a typical skin-like structure in this region. Connective tissue (lower frame) underlies stratified keratinised epithelium (top). Macaques are a type of Old World monkey. Magnification: x600 when printed at 10 centimetres across.

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