dermis
Innermost layer of skin containing nerve endings and blood vessels. Lies under the epidermis and also known as corium.
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epidermis
The outermost, protective, non-vascular layer of skin in vertebrates.
Used in 5 profiles
mantle
Protective layer of epidermis in molluscs from which the shell is secreted in many species.
unculus
Horny projection originating from a single cell of the epidermis found on the disc of Garra sp. and catfishes of the family Sisoridae, for example.