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What is the pigment that helps the deepest layers of the epidermis called?
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Melanin is the pigment that helps protect the deepest layers of the epidermis.
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What is the stratum?
It is the deepest of the five layers of the skin layer epidermis, which is our outer skin. It is where the skin cells are produced, and can be called the stratum basale germination layer
What layer of the skin has continuous cell division and produces all of the other layers?
The deepest layer of the epidermis is called the stratum basale which is actively mitotic and gives rise to all the more superficial layers.
Where do you find melanin in dark skin?
Melanin is produced by the melanocytes, and they are found in the stratum basale of the epidermis.
What happens in the stratum germinativum?
stratum germinativum layer is the deepest layer of five epidermis layer which is the outer covering of skin in mammals. It is a continuous layer of cells which is often described as one cell thick but to the reality it is two to three cells thick in glabrous skin and hyper proliferative epidermis.
What layer of the epidermis contains keratin?
The fat layer (also called the subcutaneous layer)
What are the 3 layers of the skin?
There are actually three layers of skin: the epidermis, the dermis, and the hypodermis.
Which layers of the epidermis are cell dividing?
Epidermis is the term used to describe the outermost layer of the skin. The epidermis is made up of five layers: stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale. The basal layer repeatedly divides and replaces cells.
Is the cloroplast layer at the top or bottum of the leaf?
Chloroplast layer is present below and above of the upper and lower epidermis respectively. But more chlorophyll pigment is present on the upper layers.
What is the function of the melanoblasts?
Melanoblasts are the branching cell and the bottom of the epidermis. ( This is one of the layers of the skin). These cells produce melanin which is a pigment in your skin. When your skin is exposed to the rays of sunlight more pigment is produced and this then helps to protect the deeper layer from the sun. Hope this helps.
The epidermis contains nerve endings and blood vessels?
The epidermis does not but the lower layers of the dermis do.
What type of tissue makes up the epidermis?
The outer layer of the skin (epidermis) is made up of stratified squamous epithelium. If it helps, remember stratified squamous is made up of multiple layers to provide protection, like when you scrape your knee. because hopefully, there will be other layers underneath! The epidermis is composed of five layers (from the outer most layer to the deepest layer): Stratum corneum Stratum lucidum Stratum granulosum Stratum spinosum Stratum basale Stratified squamous epithelial tissue The type of tissue that makes up the cells on top and bottom of the leaf (epidermis) is dermal tissue. Epithelial tissue makes up the human epidermis.
What are the two layers of the integument?
Epidermis and dermis.
