FIGURE 3.2a Structure of the epidermis and underlying region. (a) Epidermal cells and layers. (Sources of images below. Used with permission.)

 

                                                                                (a)  Epidermal cells and layers.                     

 

               

  

 

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Description   English: Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/col11496/1.6/, Jun 19, 2013.

Date                 3 April 2013, 00:56:30

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Modified by A. G. DiGiovanna

Added diagrams and labels of Langerhans cells, Mast cell, and Macrophage

 

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Description         English: Illustration from Anatomy & Physiology, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/col11496/1.6/, Jun 19, 2013.

Date                 3 April 2013, 00:57:51

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Description   English: Epidermis. See a full animation of this medical topic.

Date                 29 January 2014, 10:36:30

Source            Own work

Author BruceBlaus. When using this image in external sources it can be cited as:

·         Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". wikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2). DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 2002-4436.

 

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Description       Langerhans Cells in Normal Epidermis, CD1a Immunostain

Pathological and histological images courtesy of Ed Uthman at flickr.

Date                       15 March 2010, 11:35

Source Langerhans Cells in Normal Epidermis, CD1a Immunostain

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Author                   Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA