Difference between revisions of "Hypodermis"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | The subcutaneous layer of cells beneath the [ | + | The subcutaneous layer of cells beneath the [[dermis]]. The [[animal skin|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. |
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Revision as of 14:14, 16 January 2014
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)