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What term describes flaking or a dry patch made up of an excess of dead epidermal cells?
Scales
What is the medical term meaning malignancy of the lowest epidermal layer?
Basal cell carcinoma
What cells are epidermal cells?
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What cellular structures are found in the epidermal cells of humans but not in epidermal cell of leaves?
mitochondria
Do identical twins have the same pattern of epidermal ridges?
Oddly, no . . . in fact they can have quite different epidermal ridges.
What term describes flaking or a dry patch made up of an excess of dead epidermal cells?
Scales
How are the scales of fish and the scales of reptiles the same?
Scales of lizard are made up of keratinized epidermal cells . Scales of fishes are of different type . most common fish scales are cycloid and ctenoid and are not keratinized . they are also coverewd by epidermis.
Do armadillos have scales?
There are 2 mammals with scales and the armadillo is one of them. "The armor is formed by plates of dermal bone covered in relatively small, overlapping epidermal scales called "scutes", composed of bone with a covering of horn." The other one is called a Pangolin.
What is the medical term meaning for pertaining to the above?
The term that is used is epidermal.
What is the medical term meaning malignancy of the lowest epidermal layer?
Basal cell carcinoma
WHat is the medical term meaning upon the skin?
Epidermal means pertaining to upon the surface of the skin.
Does an alligator have individual scales?
The epidermal exoskeleton of the alligator consists of oblong horney scales, arranged in transverse rows; the long axes of the scales are parallel to that of the body. On the tail, except along the mid-dorsal line, and on the ventral side of the trunk and head these scales are very regular in outline and arrangement; on the sides of the head and trunk and on the legs they are much smaller and less regularly arranged, while along the mid-dorsal line of the tail, especially in its posterior half, they are elevated into tall keels that give the tail a large surface area for swimming. The first three digits of both manus (fore foot) and pes (hind foot) are armed with horny claws, which also belong to the epidermal part of the exoskeleton.
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the surface of the skin?
The top layer of skin is called the epidermis; epidermal is the medical term meaning pertaining to the skin's surface.
Is the muscle tissue superficial to the epidermal tissue?
Muscle tissue is deep to epidermal tissue. Epidermal tissue is superficial to muscle tissue.
What epidermal skin features do birds mammals and reptiles share?
one of them is that all three 'skins' all have an outer layer, a mid layer and an inner layer. another fact (between feathers and scales) is that feathers could have evolved from scales, although this question is still up for debate between scientists.
What is an epidermal cell?
An epidermal cell is a cell that is part of the outer layer of an organism. For example, in humans, skin cells are epidermal. Leaves on plants have epidermal layers on the top and bottom of the leaf.
What is the medical term meaning Pertaining to scales or covered with scales?
The medical term for "pertaining to scales or covered with scales" is "squamous." This term is commonly used to describe certain types of epithelial cells or skin conditions characterized by scale-like appearance.
