EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN
INTEGUMENT
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
The outer layer of skin
|
epidermis
|
|
dermis
|
|
subcutis
|
|
sebum
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The epidermis is the thin outer layer of the skin. It consists of 2 primary types of cells: Keratinocytes. Keratinocytes comprise about 90% of the epidermis and are responsible for its structure and barrier functions.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
There is 1 question to complete.