Keratinocytes exert their functions after cell death to guarantee the stability, mechanical resistance, elasticity, physical-barrier and water-impermeability functions of the skin. These properties ...

Skin is a complex organ that's responsible for everything from maintaining your internal temp to protecting your body against harmful chemicals and bacteria. It's composed of a complex system of cell ...

The integumentary system is the physical system that forms the barrier between the external environment and the internal systems of the body. In humans, this system consists of skin, hair, nails, and ...

The epidermis is the outer layer of the skin varying in thickness from 0.1mm to 1.4mm (Gawkrodger, 1992) (Fig 1). I… AbstractVOL: 102, ISSUE: 32, PAGE NO: 28Sandra Lawton, MSc, RGN, OND, ENB 393, RN ...

Hyperkeratosis is the term to describe thickening of keratin in the epidermis, which is the outer layer of the skin. Keratin is a protein found in the outer layers of the skin that helps to protect ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Using concanavalin A labeled with tritium and fluorescein isothiocyanate we studied the binding properties of this plant lectin to adult ...

Although earth and rock are much harder substances than water, the depths of the earth have been much easier for man to reach than the depths of the water. For, although a solid is harder to penetrate ...