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At higher magnification, the following structures can be identified beginning

at the upper right part of the field and concluding at the lower left edge: the
stratified squamous epithelium of the eponychium and nail fold (A); the nail
plate (B) which is split by an artifactual separation of its tissue; the nail bed,
(C) with its basal layer of stem cells; and the dermis (D).

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