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the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
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Epidermis is the outermost layer of the skin. The outermost epidermis is made up of stratified squamous epithelium with an underlying basement membrane. It contains no blood vessels, and is nourished by diffusion from the dermis. The main type of cells which make up the epidermis are keratinocytes, with melanocytes and Langerhans cells also present. Epidermis is divided into several layers where cells are formed through mitosis at the innermost layers. ...
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The outer layer of skin.
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(Gr. epi, upon + derma, skin). 1. The outmost layer of cells of the body of an animal. In invertebrates the epidermis is normally only one cell thick and is covered by an impermeable cuticle. In vertebrates the epidermis is the thinner of the two layers of skin.
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The out layer of cells on a plant. It protects the inside parts. It is like our skin.
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