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The skin on the palm of the hand is firmer than the skin on the back of hand. It is firmer so you can grasp things.

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What do finger prints come from?

Fingerprints come from the lowest layer, or stratum of the epidermis: the stratum basale. In the palms of hands and the soles of feet dermal papillae form (small pockets of dermis pressing into the epidermis) causing increased surface area of the stratum basale and increased skin cell division, when the extra skin cells are pushed upward, ridges form along the surface of the skin and fingerprints are made.


What stratum is absent from most epidermis?

The stratum lucidum is absent from most epidermis, except for in areas with thick skin, such as the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The stratum lucidum is a clear layer of dead skin cells found between the stratum granulosum and stratum corneum.


What is the epidermis layers?

The outer layer of the skin.The epidermis is composed of 4-5 layers depending on the skin region (Palm of hands and sole of feet has 5 layers)In descending order:stratum corneumstratum lucidumstratum granulosumstratum spinosumStratum basale


What dermal tissue structure are responsible for fingerprints?

The dermal papillae are responsible for forming fingerprints. These are found in the upper layer of the dermis and create raised patterns on the skin's surface, resulting in unique fingerprint patterns for each person.


How deep the epidermis is?

The papillary layer, which is the upper part of the dermis, has tiny, fingerlike projections of tissue called dermal papillae that indent into the epidermis above and bond the two layers of skin together.

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The epidermis, as washing your hands with the use of soap and water kills most of the bacteria ON your skin surface.


Which is the most complex layer of the skin?

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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Which layer of the epidermis is found in only a few areas of the body?

The stratum lucidum layer of the epidermis is found in only a few areas of the body, such as the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. It is a thin, clear layer that is located just above the stratum granulosum.


What do finger prints come from?

Fingerprints come from the lowest layer, or stratum of the epidermis: the stratum basale. In the palms of hands and the soles of feet dermal papillae form (small pockets of dermis pressing into the epidermis) causing increased surface area of the stratum basale and increased skin cell division, when the extra skin cells are pushed upward, ridges form along the surface of the skin and fingerprints are made.


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What stratum is absent from most epidermis?

The stratum lucidum is absent from most epidermis, except for in areas with thick skin, such as the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The stratum lucidum is a clear layer of dead skin cells found between the stratum granulosum and stratum corneum.


What is the first step in cleaning and sanitizing a food-contact surface?

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What layer of the skin contains dead cells?

Dead skin cells are called keratin and are usually packed on the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet. They usually stay there and sometimes flake off. There is keratin on skin in general, and they just fall and is rubbed away. Unless you scrub off the keratin, it remains on the surface of our skin (epidermis).


When standing in the anatomical position the palms of the hands touch the lateral surface of the body?

No


Which layer is the epidermis?

The epidermis has either 4 or 5 layers depending on the location of your body. Stratum Corneum Stratum Lucidum (only on the soles of your feet and palms of your hands) Stratum Granulosum Stratum Spinosum Stratum Basale


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