HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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Which layer of epidermis is mostly keratinized cells?
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Corneum
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Basale
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Lucidium
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Granulosum
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Spinosum
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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. In addition, the desmosomes that had held the keratinocytes together begin to disappear or become nonfunctional in this layer.
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