This enables us to study tissues like the buccal mucosa, cornea, and skin in an environment much closer to the in vivo state than with other microscopy techniques. Porcine buccal mucosa displays characteristic papillae at its surface. These conical cell assemblies have rarely been described due to the fact that they are difficult to visualize by conventional thin-slice microscopy.
Dark areas are devoid of cells.
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