- skin germinativum
- couche basale
English-French medical dictionary. 2015.
English-French medical dictionary. 2015.
Skin — For the article about skin in humans, see human skin. For other uses, see Skin (disambiguation). Skin A diagram of human skin … Wikipedia
Human skin — Skin epidermis (A), dermis (B), and subcutis (C), showing a hair follicle (1), sweat gland (11) sebaceous gland (7) Latin cutis … Wikipedia
Stratum germinativum — Infobox Anatomy Name = Stratum germinativum Latin = GraySubject = 234 GrayPage = 1063 Caption = Section of epidermis. Caption2 = A diagrammatic sectional view of the skin (magnified). System = MeshName = MeshNumber = Stratum germinativum (also… … Wikipedia
Epidermis (skin) — [ thumb|300px|Optical coherence tomography tomogram of fingertip, depicting stratum corneum ( 500µm thick) with stratum disjunctum on top and stratum lucidum (connection to stratum spinosum) in the middle. At the bottom superficial parts of the… … Wikipedia
stratum germinativum — the epidermal cells nearest the dermis that generate new cells by mitosis. This layer of cells is cuboidal or columnar but the cells become flattened as they migrate to the skin surface, eventually sloughing off … Dictionary of ichthyology
integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… … Universalium
stratum — One of the layers of differentiated tissue, the aggregate of which forms any given structure, such as the retina or the skin. SEE ALSO: lamina, layer. [L. sterno, pp. stratus, to spread out, strew, ntr. of pp. as noun, s., a bed cover, layer] s.… … Medical dictionary
Epidermis — The upper or outer layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin. The epidermis is mostly made up of flat, scale like cells called squamous cells. Under the squamous cells are round cells called basal cells. The deepest part of the… … Medical dictionary
Merkel cell — Neuron: Merkel cell Diagram of human skin. In humans, Merkel cells (yellow dot) are found clustered beneath the epidermal ridges (aka fingerprints) … Wikipedia
Head and neck anatomy — focuses on the structures of the head and neck of the human body, including the brain, bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, glands, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, and throat. It is an area frequently studied in depth by surgeons, dentists, dental… … Wikipedia
Nail — In medicine, there are two types of nails. One is just a plain old metal nail used to hold 2 or more pieces of bone together, for example, after a fracture. The other type of nail is the horny plate on the end of the finger or toe. Each nail… … Medical dictionary