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What is a skin cell?

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There are dozens of different cell type that make up skin.

The most plentiful are keratinocytes (outside) and fibroblasts (inside). However there are many others each with specialised functions, like sensation, pain, sweat, transport (blood vessels), hair follicles, immune defense, contraction.

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Dermatocyte is the medical term meaning skin cell.

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