EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN
INTEGUMENT
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Question
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The outermost layer of the epidermis is keratinized and known as stratum ____
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basale
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spinosum
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corneum
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granulosum
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The stratum corneum is the outermost layer of the epidermis, and is made up of 10 to 30 thin layers of continually shedding, dead keratinocytes.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the stratum corneum, the keratinocytes are completely keratinized or differentiated and have no nuclei under physiological conditions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The keratinised squames layer (stratum corneum) is the final layer. These are layers of dead cells, reduced to flattened scales, or squames, filled with densely packed keratin.
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