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What is divided into the papillary portion and the reticular portion.?
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What are the two layer of the dermis?
The papillary and reticular dermis are the two layers of Dermis.
What is the superficial region of the dermis?
The papillary dermis is the most superficial layer of the dermis. Deep to it is the reticular dermis.
What are the two components of the cutaneous membrane?
is composed of two layers, the papillary and reticular dermis
What skin type is the more superficial dermis layer?
The most superficial part of the dermis is the papillary layer , the dermis is made up of papillary layer & Reticular layer and the papillary layer is just made up of loose connective tissue which allows movement to the epidermis and also contains capillaries and regulates the body temperature .
What Clark Level is the deep reticular dermis?
The Clark Level, or the measure of tumor depth in the skin, of the reticular dermis is level VI. This is deeper than the papillary dermis, but not the depest a tumor can go.
Compare the composition of the papillary and reticular regions of the dermis?
retcular layer is comparly thicker than papillary layer. It composed of irregular dense connective tissu(mainly Type I collagen) and therefore has more fibers and fewer cells than papillary layer.
The dense fibrous connective tissue portion of the skin is located in the reticular region of the dermis?
reticular
What is the dermis composed mainly of what tissue?
The dermis is one of two layers that make up the skin (the other being the epidermis, which lies on top). The dermis is composed of two layers: the papillary layer and the reticular layer. The papillary layer is composed of areolar tissue and the reticular layer is composed of dense irregular connective tissue.
What are the four layers of skin?
Going from surface down, the epidermis is the outermost layer, then the dermis (including the papillary and reticular regions ) and then finally, the subcutaneous. :)
What layer does dermis derive from?
The dermis is a layer of skin between the epidermis and subcutaneous tissues, and is composed of two layers, the papillary and reticular dermis.
What layer of skin has abundant elastic and collagenic fibers?
The fibroblast is the most common cell that creates collagen.
What is function of the papillary layer?
The Papillary is the upper layer of the dermis that has ridges and valleys causing finger prints. It has receptors which communicate with the central nervous system, these include touch, pressure, hot, cold and pain receptors.
