Epidermis
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epidermis-213-1020505
title:
Epidermis
text:
The epidermis is the outermost of the three layers that comprise the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis. The epidermis layer provides a barrier to infection from environmental pathogens and regulates the amount of water released from the body into the atmosphere through transepidermal water loss. The epidermis is composed of multiple layers of flattened cells that overlie a base layer composed of columnar cells arranged perpendicularly. The layers of cells develop from stem c
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Outermost of the three layers that make up the skin
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermis
date created:
2003-10-02T06:27:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T07:38:00Z
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fields total:
13
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16