dermis
[der´mis] the true skin; the fibrous inner layer of the skin just beneath the epidermis, derived from the embryonic mesoderm, varying from 0.05 cm to 0.3 cm in thickness, well supplied with nerves and blood vessels and containing hair roots, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands; on the palms and soles the dermis bears ridges whose arrangement in whorls and loops is unique to the individual. Called also
corium. adj.,
adj der´mal, der´mic.
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der·mis
(der'mis), [TA] A layer of skin composed of two zones: a superficial thin layer that interdigitates with the epidermis, the stratum papillare, and the deeper and coarser stratum reticulare; it contains blood and lymphatic vessels, nerves and nerve endings, glands, and, except on glabrous skin, hair follicles.
[G. derma, skin]
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dermis
(dûr′mĭs)n. The sensitive connective tissue layer of the skin located below the epidermis, containing nerve endings, sweat and sebaceous glands, and blood and lymph vessels. Also called corium, cutis, derma1.
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der·mis
(dĕr'mis) [TA] A layer of skin composed of a thin layer lying under the epidermis, the stratum papillare, and the stratum reticulare; it contains blood and lymphatic vessels, nerves and nerve endings, glands, and, except for glabrous skin, hair follicles.
Synonym(s):
corium,
cutis vera.
[G. derma, skin]
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dermis
The true skin (cutis vera) or corium. The dermis lies under the EPIDERMIS.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
dermis
or corium
the deeper portion of the SKIN of vertebrates that is derived embryologically from the MESODERM and lies beneath the EPIDERMIS which is of ectodermal origin. The dermis consists mainly of loose connective tissue, and contains nerves, blood vessels, muscles and sensory nerve endings, sweat glands and ducts, hair follicles and sebaceous glands.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
Dermis
The basal layer of skin; it contains blood and lymphatic vessels, nerves, glands, and hair follicles.
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der·mis
(dĕr'mis) [TA] Two-zone skin layer: a superficial stratum that interdigitates with the epidermis, the stratum papillare, and the deeper and coarser stratum reticulare.
[G. derma, skin]
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