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Skin is the soft, flexible outer layer that covers your body and protects it from the environment while also helping regulate temperature and allowing you to feel things. It's essential for keeping harmful things out, maintaining your body's internal balance, and connecting you to the world through touch.

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name
Dermis
Anatomy.Latin
cutis
Anatomy.Greek
δέρμα (dérma)
Anatomy.Image
Gray942.png
Anatomy.Caption
The distribution of the blood vessels in the skin of the sole of the foot. (Corium – TA alternate term for dermis – is labeled at upper right.)
Anatomy.Image2
Gray940.png
Anatomy.Caption2
A diagrammatic sectional view of the skin (click on image to magnify). (Dermis labeled at center right.)

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Research

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
sensory organ
Has part
dermis
Image
Komodo dragon skin.jpg
Has use
protection
Show 9 more facts
different from
human skin
Commons category
Skin
topic's main category
Category:Skin
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12470
studied by
dermatology
hashtag
skin
P13311
Denmark
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