Skin surface. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of skin taken from a 40-year-old man. The outer layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, is m

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Skin surface. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of skin taken from a 40-year-old man. The outer layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, is made up of dead cells that are constantly shed and replaced by new cells from the epidermis below. Magnification: x750 when printed 10cm wide.

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Size: 2550px × 2550px
Photo credit: © EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adult, anatomical, anatomy, body, coloured, false-coloured, healthy, histological, histology, human, normal, sem, skin, surface