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The outermost layer of your skin is a layer of dead skin cells?
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Yes its called the Epidermis.
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Which layer of skin is made up of dead cells?
The epidermis is the top and most superficial skin layer in the body and is made of dead skins cells. You will shed these dead skin cells and they will fall., so you don't have a continuously growing layer of dead skin.
Why does sunburn skin often peel in sheets?
the outermost layer of skin cells is dead now,so as the new layer grows,it pushes out the dead one in order to breath,so the dead one falls out...
Where are dead cells found in the skin?
household dust is more than half dead skin cells - if that's the nature of your question well, the dead skin cells r on ur skin, there dead, well some r alive and some r dead, they die after a while but no worries those skin cells reproduce, that's right, those cells r gettin it on on ur skin ;)
What is the thin layer of skin?
the thin outermost layer of skin is your epidermisThe outermost layer of skin is called Epidermis
What is the outermost skin layer called?
The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing." The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing." The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing." The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing." The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing." The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing." The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing." The outermost layer of skin is the epidermis. As in the joke "Your epidermis is showing."
Which layer of skin is composed of dead keratinized cells?
The upper layer of skin i.e. Epidermis is composed of dead Keratinized epithelium cells.
Is the outer layer of the skin made of liveing cells?
No the outer layer of the skin is not made of living cells. it is made of dead cells.
What is eppithlial tissue?
Short version: Skin. Long version: The outermost layer of cells.
What layer of skin has dead cells?
Epidermis
In which layer of the skin do cells divide by mitosis to replace cells lost from the outermost surface of the body?
stratum basale
Name of outermost layer of the skin?
It depends on which structures you are calling skin. The skin is made of dermis and epidermis. The outer thin layer is the epidermis, but it itself, is made of 4-5 layers depending on where it is located on the body. The most outer and the thinnest of the epidermal layers is called the coreum. It is the layer that we shed as it dies off and falls off.
Is the epidermis made up of living cells?
Yes but your skin shreds everyday so you may have layers of dead skin forming on the surface of your skin. We shred quite a lot of skin cells everyday but if you're talking about actual layers of skin in which blood runs through then yes, those cells are indeed alive . :)the outer layer is made up of dead cells.noThe layer is comprised of both living and dead cells.------------------------------------------------------------------------------Actually,The skin is made up of several layers. The epidermis is a layer with distinct sublayers.The outermost layer of the epidermis, the Stratum Corneum consists of dead cells and keratin.On the outside of the skin, there will usually be bacteria and yeast, generally in a balance. Perhaps there is the occasional macrophage.yes i learn it in my books
