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This layer consists of flattened dead cells on the surface of the skin containing keratin, a firm, and resilient protein. stratum corneum dermal layer responsible for fingerprints. The layer is translucent because it contains a non-staining biochemical product that will be converted into keratin in the stratum corneum. translucent cells in thick skin containing keriatin fibrils. In stained slides this layer can be seen as a more translucent layer without nuclei. It is readily visible by light microscopy only in areas of thick skin, which are found on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. translucent cells in thick skin containing keratin fibrils stratum lucidum and stratum corneum. This thin layer of cells is found only in the thick skin of the palms, soles, and digits. This layer is only seen in thicker layers of epidermis. The stratum lucidum is a smooth, seemingly translucent layer of the epidermis located just above the stratum granulosum and below the stratum corneum. Nuclei are dissolving and cells are dying. These keratinocytes stain darkly with a basic stain because of keratohyalin, a substance being produced in this layer which is an intermediate in the formation of keratin. This is the first transitional stage for the keratinocytes and the cells are nucleated.
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layer including scalelike dead cells, full of keratin, that constantly slough off 6, layer named for the numerous granules present 7. epidermal layer exhibiting the most rapid cell division 5. dermal layer responsible for fingeiprints 4. Keratinocytes of this layer appear to have spinous extensions because the cells are shrinking and compacting while maintaining attachments to surrounding cells. layer of translucent cells in thick skin containing dead keratinocytes 2. The typical skin cell is the keratinocyte, which, after it has been formed by mitotic division, will undergo some changes as it is pushed toward the surface of the skin. What skin area has translucent cells containing keratin fibrils in thick skin stratum lucidum What translucent skin cells containing keratin are found in thick skin The layer of skin is called. It is also the germinal layer, or layer of cell propagation by mitosis. This is the basal, or deepest layer of the epidermis. radiation, absorption, conduction, evaporation 2. dead cells Circle the term that doesn't belong to the group : 1. 1) Stratum Basale (or stratum germinativum) translucent cells, containing keratint 2. Under a light microscope, stratum lucidum appears as a thin translucent line separating the stratum corneum from the stratum granulosum. The stratum lucidum is a thin layer of dead keratinocytes only present in thick skin. Stratum lucidum (in thick epidermis only)Įach of the layers is described briefly below. Though these topmost skin cells are dead they are protective and contain waterproofing glycolipids. The stratified squamous epithelium of the epidermis has 4 or 5 discernable layers in histological sections.