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Sign in to saveSkin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.
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
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- 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.)
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- Anatomy.Caption2
- A diagrammatic sectional view of the skin (click on image to magnify). (Dermis labeled at center right.)
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Research
1,042,598 papers- Aging skin: histology, physiology, and pathology.ReviewFacial plastic surgery clinics of North America · 2011Khavkin J, Ellis DADOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2011.04.003
- The Dynamics of the Skin's Immune System.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019Nguyen AV, Soulika AMDOI: 10.3390/ijms20081811
- The dynamic anatomy and patterning of skin.ReviewExperimental dermatology · 2016Wong R, Geyer S, Weninger W et al.DOI: 10.1111/exd.12832
- The Role of Probiotics in Skin Health and Related Gut-Skin Axis: A Review.ReviewNutrients · 2023Gao T, Wang X, Li Y et al.DOI: 10.3390/nu15143123
- Skin homeostasis: Mechanism and influencing factors.ReviewJournal of cosmetic dermatology · 2024Jiao Q, Zhi L, You B et al.DOI: 10.1111/jocd.16155
- Brain-skin connection: stress, inflammation and skin aging.ReviewInflammation & allergy drug targets · 2014Chen Y, Lyga JDOI: 10.2174/1871528113666140522104422
- The relationship between skin function, barrier properties, and body-dependent factors.ReviewSkin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2018Dąbrowska AK, Spano F, Derler S et al.DOI: 10.1111/srt.12424
- Anatomy and physiology of the skin.British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing) · 2025Harry JDOI: 10.12968/bjon.2024.0471
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- Image
- Komodo dragon skin.jpg
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- Skin
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C12470
- hashtag
- skin
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- Piaseczno County
- P13311
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Structure in mammals
- Epidermis
- Basement membrane
- Dermis
- Papillary region
- Reticular region
- Subcutaneous tissue
- Detailed cross section
- Structure in fish, amphibians, birds, and reptiles
- Fish
- Amphibians
- Overview
- Granular glands
- Mucous glands
- Birds and reptiles
- Development
- Functions
- Mechanics
- Aging
- See also
- References
- External links
Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.
Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different developmental origin, structure and chemical composition. The adjective cutaneous means "of the skin" (from Latin cutis 'skin'). In mammals, the skin is an organ of the integumentary system made up of multiple layers of ectodermal tissue and guards the underlying muscles, bones, ligaments, and internal organs. Skin of a different nature exists in amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Skin (including cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues) plays crucial roles in formation, structure, and function of extraskeletal apparatus such as horns of bovids (e.g., cattle) and rhinos, cervids' antlers, giraffids' ossicones, armadillos' osteoderm, and os penis/os clitoris.
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