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Subcutaneous Tissue
The subcutaneous tissue is a layer of fat and connective tissue that houses larger blood vessels and nerves. This layer is important is the regulation of temperature of the skin itself and the body. The size of this layer varies throughout the body and from person to person.
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What is the function of subcutaneous layers?
The function of the subcutaneous layer is insulation and mechanical protection.
What are the structure and function of the subcutaneous layer?
The human skin is made up of three basic layers ; the epidermis (outer layer), the dermis(middle layer) beneath the epidermis and the subcutaneous layer beneath the dermis. The subcutaneous layers are fat cells and connective tissue that carry the blood vessels and nerves. It is located below the epidermis and the dermis, in that order, and is the third and final layer and consists primarily of loose connective tissue and lobules of fat.
Which layer of skinstores fat?
The subcutaneous layer of skin stores fat. The subcutaneous layer is the third layer from the epidermis, which is the outside layer.
The fatty layer of skin that stores energy?
The Subcutaneous Layer
What layer of skin reduces heat loss?
the subcutaneous layer..or the fatty tissue layer underneath the dermis
The subcutaneous injection delivers medication into which layer of the skin?
Subcutaneous means under the skin. It does not deliver medication to any layer of the skin.
What layers of the skin are blood vessels found?
the subcutaneous layer (hypodermis)
What lies upon the subcutaneous layer?
The hypodermis contains subcutaneous fat.
What is the name of the subcutaneous tissue just below the skin?
The subcutaneous layer is the hypodermis.
Is a subcutaneous injection made into the fatty layer just below the skin?
Yes, a subcutaneous injection is made into fatty layer below the skin.
What is the last layer of skin starting with the letter s?
subcutaneous layer
Which layer of the skin has blood vessels?
The epidermis.
