MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The reticular layer is the deeper layer, thicker, less cellular, and consists of dense connective tissue/ bundles of collagen fibers. The dermis houses the sweat glands, hair, hair follicles, muscles, sensory neurons, and blood vessels.

Detailed explanation-2: -The reticular dermis is the deeper and thicker layer of the dermis, which lies above the subcutaneous layer of the skin. It contains dense connective tissue, which includes: Blood vessels. Elastic fibers (interlaced)

Detailed explanation-3: -Dermis: Thick skin has a thinner dermis than thin skin, and does not contain hairs, sebaceous glands, or apocrine sweat glands. Thick skin is only found in areas where there is a lot of abrasion-fingertips, palms and the soles of your feet. This is a picture of an H&E stained section of the epidermis of thin skin.

Detailed explanation-4: -“Thick skin” is found only on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. It has a fifth layer, called the stratum lucidum, located between the stratum corneum and the stratum granulosum ([link]).