INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM
INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM MISCELLENOUS
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Contains blood vessels
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Avascular
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Composed primarily of adipose tissue
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Composed of connective tissue
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Detailed explanation-1: -The epidermis is avascular – it has no blood vessels directly in the layer. Veins and arteries are found just deep to the epidermis. Nutrients and oxygen diffuse into this layer from the bloodstream.
Detailed explanation-2: -The dermis is found beneath the basement membrane of the epidermis and is the main structural component of the skin. The dermis consists of a richly vascularized and highly innervated connective tissue that supports the epidermis and the skin appendages (hair follicles, sebaceous glands and sweat glands).
Detailed explanation-3: -The epidermis is the outermost layer of the plant body that protects the plant against mechanical injury, infection, water loss, etc. It is made of a single layer of cells, and the cells are closely packed to each other without any intercellular spaces. More items