Lesson 446 of 1524
Assessment of the Integumentary System
The epidermis, dermis , and hypodermis are the three distinct layers of the skin.
Practice this chapterThe epidermis, dermis , and hypodermis are the three distinct layers of the skin. The bottom layer, the hypodermis or subcutaneous tissue, anchors the skin to the underlying tissues.
The epidermis is the outermost portion and is made up of stratified epithelial cells. The dermis is the second layer of skin that consists of elastic connective tissue made up of collagen.
epidermis — the outermost portion and is made up of stratified epithelial cells. subcutaneous tissue — the subcutaneous fatty layer (hypodermis) beneath the dermis that separates the skin from the underlying tissue. hypodermis — the subcutaneous fatty layer beneath the dermis that anchors the dermis to the underlying tissues of the body. dermis — the layer of skin below the epidermis connected to the epidermis by dermal papillae.
Worked example
What does “epidermis” mean in Assessment of the Integumentary System?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for epidermis.
- 2The book says: the outermost portion and is made up of stratified epithelial cells.
- 3Do not use the meaning of subcutaneous tissue. That term means the subcutaneous fatty layer (hypodermis) beneath the dermis that separates the skin from the underlying tissue.
Result: the outermost portion and is made up of stratified epithelial cells
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for epidermis.
Do not swap epidermis and subcutaneous tissue. epidermis means the outermost portion and is made up of stratified epithelial cells. subcutaneous tissue means the subcutaneous fatty layer (hypodermis) beneath the dermis that separates the skin from the underlying tissue.
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