Eye. Cornea Epithelium Stock Photo

High magnification light microscope micrograph of the cornea epithelium. The eye's cornea is lined by a thin non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium. The cells of the deepest layer are columnar, then there are two or three layers of polyhedral cells, commonly known as wing cells, and three or four layers of squamous cells, with flattened nuclei. Under the epithelium, there is a thin