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 | The contents of the Cutaneous structure development page were merged into Skin on 26 November 2017. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
Untitled edit
Note that much of the old discussion here concerns things now moved to the human skin article.
Sexual Nature edit
Shouldn't there be something in the article about the sexual nature of skin on humans as a secondary sexual characteristic? -Unsigned
yes i think that there should be, because teenagers of my age do not really undersatnd about the skin
No, would just imply racism.
Layers (continuation) edit
I read at the beginning of the article that the skin has 3 primary layers. Then they divide the epidermis and dermis into 8 more layers and state that the Hypodermis is "not part of the skin." ??? This doesn’t make sense. Didgepenguin
do merge edit
Epidermis is part of the skin, it should be put as a subdivision under sub-layers, as well as dermis and hypodermis.
Introduction section edit
I was just browsing through this article and it seems like it needs a bit of work. The first thing i noticed was the introduction, it has too much information that should be elsewhere. Such as the comments on skin cancer that should really be in a dedicated section. -27May07
Help! I need to no the four skkin cells. e-mail back brandon__150@hotmail.com
Wrong facts in article. edit
The following is wrong.
"The skin on the palms and the soles of the feet is 4 mm thick and the thickest skin in the body."
The palms and soles don't have the thickest skin in the body. The skin in this areas is called "thick skin" because it has a thick epidermal layer, not because it is actually "thick".
The thickest skin is actually on the upper back.
I repeat, the terms "thick" and "thin" skin don't relate to the metric thickness of the skin (epidermis + dermis) but the thickness of the epidermal layer.