The thick underlying layer of the skin that contains sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and the hair follicles.
A thick layer of living skin beneath the epidermis.
Layer of skin below the epidermis; it consists of several layers and contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, hair follicles, glands, and nerves; also called (colloq) corium.
Tumor, usually benign, with an epithelium-lined wall and a cavity containing fatty material or bits of bone, hair, and cartilage.
The true skin: the thick layer of living tissue that lies beneath the epidermis. It consists mainly of loose connective tissue within which are blood capillaries, lymph vessels, sensory nerve endings, sweat glands and their ducts, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and smooth muscle fibers.
The layer of the skin lying immediately under the epidermis; the true skin. It consists of two layers, papillary and reticular. The corium dermis is composed of fibrous connective tissue made of collagen and elastin and contains numerous capillaries, lymphatics, and nerve endings. In it are hair follicles and their smooth muscle fibers, sebaceous glands and sweat glands, and their ducts.
The functional layer of skin beneath the epidermis.
Cutis, or true skin; underlying or inner layer of the skin.
The inner layer of skin that lies below the epidermis.
The layer of skin situated between the epidermis and the subcutaneous fat is known as the dermis. This layer encompasses blood vessels, nerves, sweat glands, and hair follicles.