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Oral Cavity: Anatomy and Histology

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This chapter reviews the oral cavity anatomy, correlated with histology. Familiarity with normal histology of each subsite is invaluable when evaluating and orienting oral cavity resection specimens.

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Brandwein-Weber, M.S. (2018). Oral Cavity: Anatomy and Histology. In: Textbook of Head and Neck Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76106-0_1

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