Human Anatomy
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Author: Marieb, Elaine Nicpon, Brady, Patricia, Mallatt, Jon
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Explain why no skin cancers originate from stratum corneum cells.
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- As you are walking down the beach, you see a dead, dry, shriveled-up fish. Which layer of your epidermis keeps you from drying out? stratum corneum stratum basale stratum spinosum stratum granulosumarrow_forwardExplain the differences between eccrine and apocrine sweat glands.arrow_forwardSquamous cell carcinomas are the second most common of the skin cancers and are capable of metastasizing if not treated. This cancer affects which cells? basal cells of the stratum basale melanocytes of the stratum basale keratinocytes of the stratum spinosum Langerhans cells of the stratum lucidumarrow_forward
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