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http://www.bio.rutgers.edu/~gb102/lab_6/602am-stratsquam.html

In keratinized stratified squamous epithelium the outermost layer is composed of tightly packed dead cells filled with the protein keratin.
Keratin is the same protein which makes up hair and fingernails.
The layer of keratin-filled cells acts as water-proofing.
The stratified squamous epithelium you will look at in human skin is keratinized.

2007-06-28 19:08:02 · answer #1 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 1 0

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