The Malpighian layer of the skin is a term that is generally defined as both the stratum basale and stratum spinosum as a unit, although it is occasionally defined as the stratum basale specifically. Also, the term is occasionally used synonymously as the prickle cell layer (although prickle cell layer generally is defined as the stratum spinosum ...
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(from the article `skin`) ...they move peripherally from the basal layer, where they are continuously formed by mitosis, to the skin surface, where they are lost. In essence, ... The external covering of reptiles is characteristically dry. It bears few glands or none at all and differs in this respect from the skin of ... [2 related ...
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In mammalian skin, the innermost layer of the epidermis. The Malpighian layer is separated from the dermis by a fibrous basement membrane. The Malpighian layer is the site of active cell division. Some of the new cells thus formed leave the layer, become keratinized, and replace the outer cells of t...
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Synonym for malpighian stratum ... The living layer of the epidermis comprising the stratum basale, stratum spinosum, and stratum granulosum. ... Synonym: malpighian layer, malpighian rete. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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stratum germinativum.
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Type: Term Synonyms: malpighian stratum
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