Epidermis

Also known as outermost skin cells

Oberhaut der Wirbeltiere

AI overview

The epidermis is the thin, outermost layer of your skin that sits above two deeper layers called the dermis and hypodermis. It protects you by blocking harmful germs from entering your body and controlling how much water your skin loses to the air.

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Key facts

Microanatomy.Name: Epidermis
Microanatomy.Latin: epidermis
Microanatomy.Image: Epidermis-delimited.JPG
Microanatomy.Caption: Microscopic image of the epidermis, which constitutes the outer layer of skin, shown here by the white bar
Microanatomy.Image2: Epidermal layers.png
Microanatomy.Caption2: Microscopic image showing the layers of the epidermis. The stratum corneum appears more compact in this image than above because of different sample preparation.
Microanatomy.System: Integumentary system
Microanatomy.PartOf: Skin

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Research

69,081 papers

The skin barrier: Epidermis vs environment.Experimental dermatology · 2018Eckhart L, Zeeuwen PLJMDOI: 10.1111/exd.13731
Beyond being innervated: the epidermis actively shapes sensory dendritic patterning.ReviewOpen biology · 2019Yang WK, Chien CTDOI: 10.1098/rsob.180257
The human epidermis.ReviewThe Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 1995Schallreuter KU, Wood JMDOI: 10.1079/pns19950048
Retinoids and the epidermis.ReviewBiochemical Society transactions · 1988Wood EJ, Raxworthy MJ, Holland DBDOI: 10.1042/bst0160668
Origin of the epidermis in parasitic platyhelminths.ReviewInternational journal for parasitology · 1997Tyler S, Tyler MSDOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(97)00013-1
Whole-Mount Preparation and Microscopic Analysis of Epidermis.Current protocols · 2022Kubo A, Aoki S, Fujita HDOI: 10.1002/cpz1.464
Inonotus obliquus sclerotia epidermis were different from internal tissues in compound composition, antioxidant activity, and associated fungi.FEMS microbiology letters · 2023Zhang Y, Liu Q, Sun Y et al.DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnad126
The Caenorhabditis elegans epidermis as a model skin. II: differentiation and physiological roles.ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology · 2012Chisholm AD, Xu SDOI: 10.1002/wdev.77

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Wikidata facts

Part of: skin
Has part: stratum corneum

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Commons category: Epidermis (skin)
studied by: dermatology

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Article · Deutsch

Als Epidermis (griechisch epi „auf“, „darüber“; derma „Haut“) bezeichnet man die Oberhaut bei Wirbeltieren. Sie bildet als äußerste Schicht der Haut die eigentliche Schutzhülle gegenüber der Umwelt. Von innen nach außen unterscheidet man fünf Epidermis-Schichten: Basalschicht (Stratum basale), Stachelzellschicht (Stratum spinosum), Körnerschicht (Stratum granulosum), Glanzschicht (Stratum lucidum) und Hornschicht (Stratum corneum).Die Epidermis besteht zu 90 Prozent aus Keratinozyten, die von Desmosomen zusammengehalten werden. In den äußeren Schichten besteht sie aus verhornten Plattenepithelzellen.

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