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The epidermis is a layer of skin. The epidermis has 5 layers (additional layer is stratum lucidum) on the palms of the hands and the soles of the foot. On other parts of the skin, the epidermis has 4 layers. The thickest layer of the epidermis is stratum spinosum (the second bottom layer).

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