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Stratified squamous epithelial cells are what form the top two layers of the epidermis: stratum corneum and stratum lucidum.

Then stratified cuboidal epithelial cells are found in the bottom three layers of the epidermis: stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale.

(Stratum basale is only layer that contains nothing but mitotic cells. This layer contains melanocytes as well.)

The entire epidermis, however is identified as stratified squamous because epithelial tissue is always identified by the type of epithelial tissue at the apical (top) surface.

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