title: A review of the skin and its appendages.
abstract: Descriptions of the skin and its appendages tend to be a repetition of the basic facts well known by most clinicians. This article provides a more in-depth description of the epidermal cell layers, the dermis, and the appendages, as well as migrating cells, collagen, mast cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes. The appendages--hair, nails, sweat and sebaceous glands, and sensory receptors--are also described in depth.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Wysocki
mesh_terms: D006197:Hair / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009262:Nails / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena