Normal Skin

Normal Skin •A high power view of the epidermis of a pigmented skin. •The stratified squamous epithelium of the epidermis is generated by a single layer of basal cells that are deeply pigmented in this particular instance of skin from a pigmented individual. •Lying above it are two to three layers of the stratum spinosum. •Since this is a thin skin, the number of layers is relatively few. •Lying above the stratum spinosum is the granular cell layer. •Lying further above is a layer of cornified cells that are seen to be desquamating off the skin in this image. (Description By:T.V. Rajan, M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by:T.V. Rajan, M.D. UCHC )