MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The outermost layer of the epidermis (stratum corneum ) holds in water and keeps your skin hydrated and healthy. Producing new skin cells. New skin cells develop at the bottom layer of your epidermis (stratum basale ) and travel up through the other layers as they get older.

Detailed explanation-2: -The outermost layer is called the epidermis and the layer below it is called the dermis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Epidermis is the outer layer of cells covering an organism, in particular, the surface epithelium of the skin of an animal, overlying the dermis and the outer layer of tissue in a plant, except where it is replaced by periderm.