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What are Dermal ridges?

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Dermal ridges are the surface ridges of the skin of the palms and soles, where the sweat pores open.

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What is responsible for the dermal ridges that produce whorled ridges on the epidermal surfaces?

Dermis


What is responsible for the ridges of thick skin?

Dermal Papillae


What is the site of the dermal ridges that produce epidermal ridges on the epidermal surfaces of the fingers called?

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What are epidermal ridges and dermal papillae?

Epidermal Ridges: the ridges of the epidermis found in the palms and soles, where the sweat pores open; form in fetus as epidermis conforms to the dermal papillae aka fingerprints Dermal Papillae: finger like projections in the papillary region of the dermis where the epidermis conforms for fingerprints


What are fingerprints a result of?

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Which structures of the dermis give rise to friction edges or fingerprints?

Dermal ridges cause the overlying epidermis to form epidermal ridges. Collectively these ridges are called friction ridges.


Are fingerprints left on things we touch are associated with epidermal ridges?

Dermal papillae


What structure of skin helps you grip a wet glass?

Epidermal Ridges


How do ridges within the stomach aid in mechanical digestion?

They aid digestion in the same manner as dermal ridges aka: fingerprints aid in gripping. The same as ridges on the sole of a shoe aids traction.


What part of the skin causes the skin surface have ridges on the tips of the fingers and toes?

dermal papillae


Fingerprints are caused by?

Finger prints are made by dermal ridges on the fingers. You also have much larger ridges on the palms of the hand. They prevent slipping while you are holding on to things.


Are Skin surface markings that reflect points of tight dermal attachment to underlying tissues are called epidermal ridges?

flexure lines