Hypodermis

Description

The subcutaneous layer of cells beneath the dermis. The skin of mammals is composed of an outer epidermis, a center dermis layer and an inner hypodermis layer. The hypodermis layer is responsible for secretions.

Authority

• Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodermis (Accessed Jan. 25, 2006)