HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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Where can the thickest skin be found?
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Heels
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Eyelids
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Mouth
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Dorsal side of the hand
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Epidermis varies in thickness throughout the body depending mainly on frictional forces and is thickest on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, and thinnest in the face (eyelids) and genitalia.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Magnetic Resonance Imagining data of heel skin [28] the SC thickness is approximately 0.28 mm.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the epidermis is the thinnest layer of skin, the dermis is the thickest layer of skin. The dermis contains collagen and elastin, which help make it so thick and supportive of your skin’s overall structure.
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