Skin epidermis, light micrograph. The epidermis is the outer layer of skin. The surface of the skin is made up of the stratum corneum (purple with whi

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Skin epidermis, light micrograph. The epidermis is the outer layer of skin. The surface of the skin is made up of the stratum corneum (purple with white spaces). Below this is the stratum granulosum (red) and then the stratum spinosum (dark purple). The very bottom of the dark purple area is the stratum basale. Below the epidermis is the dermis (pink).

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