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VI-60 (5) Slide 38, Palatine Tonsil (H&E). The palatine tonsils are covered by a stratified squamous epithelium and anchored by a capsule (DIACT). The space between them is filled with diffuse and nodular lymphoid tissue. There are 10-20 crypts in a palatine tonsil, but not seen in this section.