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Fig. 5.1
Structure of the intact basement membrane in skin.
To p
: Electron micrograph showing
the two major layers comprising the basement membrane, lamina lucida (
LL
) and lamina densa
(
LD
), that separate the epidermis from the dermis (
d
). Bar: 0.5 µm. (Source: Uitto et al. 1996).
Bottom
: Schematic diagram defining various tissues in the zone of the basement membrane
