http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/great-photograph-of-dermis-and-epidermis-from-wikipedia/ A cosmetic scientist shares his news and views on beauty products and the science behind them Fri, 18 May 2012 22:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/great-photograph-of-dermis-and-epidermis-from-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-146788 Peri Dillon Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:42:13 +0000 http://colinsbeautypages.co.uk/?p=786#comment-146788 The lower slide is incorrectly labeled. The area where "dermis" is situated is actually the lower layers of the epidermis. The dermis is beneath this layer. It is the connective tissue that is pinkish and swirly looking. Between these two tissue types (epidermis = epithelium above, dense = dense irregular connective below) is the basement membrane, but you cannot readily distinguish it on those photos. The lower slide is incorrectly labeled. The area where “dermis” is situated is actually the lower layers of the epidermis. The dermis is beneath this layer. It is the connective tissue that is pinkish and swirly looking. Between these two tissue types (epidermis = epithelium above, dense = dense irregular connective below) is the basement membrane, but you cannot readily distinguish it on those photos.

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