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What are the five layers of the skin?
- Stratum Corneum
- Stratum Lucidum
- Stratum Spinosum
- Stratum Basale
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What is Stratum Corneum?
Top Layer of skin, tightly packed, scale-like cells that continuously shed & replace
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What is the Stratum Licidum?
Clear layer, small transparent cells through which light can pass, only on hands and feet, not present when their are hair follicies.
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What is Stratum Granulosum?
Granular layer of cells. look like granuals and are dying.
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What is Stratum Spinosum?
Basal Layer- cells that undergo mitosis below, they are pushed upward into this layer
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What is Stratum Mucosum?
Also called Stratum Germinativun, lowest row of cells to make the basal layer (living stratum)
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What is Statum Germinativum?
Single layer of cells, lowest layer of cells to make up the stratum and Basal Layer, mitosis starts here to replace older cells that are ready to shed.
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