SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE MOUTH

Notice the big keratin pearl at 5:00 o'clock, characteristic of squamous (meaning fish scales) the prickles inbetween the cells are called desmosomes. Nuclear:Chromatin ratio is normally 3:1. The nucleas because of its nucleic acid stain a dark blue. The ratio is > N therefore, = anaplasia = Cancer.

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