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Which layer of skin is the primary site of mitosis?
basal layer.
What is the skin layer where mitosis occur?
Basal
Name the cells that produce keratin in the skin?
A keratinocyte is the predominant cell type in the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, constituting 90% of the cells found there. Those keratinocytes found in the basal layer (stratum basale) of the skin are sometimes referred to as "basal cells" or "basal keratinocytes.
Is basal cell carcinoma a skin disease?
Yes, basal cell carcinoma is a type of skin cancer.
The basal layer of the skin includes?
a structural protein found in skin and connective tissue is
What is basal carcinoma?
That is a form of skin cancer linked to over-exposure to UV light.
What epidermal layer is closest to a blood supply?
The basal layer of the closest layer to blood supply. You do not have blood supply to the outer layers of the skin.
What is the epidermal layer that produces new cells?
Stratum germinativum, also called stratum basale or basal cell layer.
Cell that is found in tha basal layer that function as mechanoreceptor?
Merkel nerve endings are mechanoreceptors found in the basal layer of skin, as well as other areas of the body. Merkel nerve endings are extremely sensitive sensory receptors.
Where is merkel cell located?
In the startum basale layer of the epidermis.
What creates fingerprints?
the oil on your fingers and hands the oil on your fingers and hands
What layer of the epidermis is the layer where mitosis occurs?
We find it in the deepest layer of the epidermis called Stratum Basal in which the stem cells undergo Mitosis replacing keratinocytes lost at the stratum corneum, the apical surface of epidermis.
