Layer to Description Translucent cells containing keratin fibrils in thick skin.A: Stratum lucidum.

Translucent cells containing keratin fibrils in thick skin.

Stratum lucidum

Dead cells

Stratum corneum

Dermal layer responsible for fingerprints.

Papillary layer

Vascular region

Dermis as a whole

Major skin area that produces derivatives (nail and hair)

Epidermis as a whole

Epidermal region exhibiting the most rapid cell division.

Stratum basale

Scalelike dead cells, full of keratin, that constantly slough off.

Stratum corneum

Mitotic cells filled with intermediate filaments

Stratum spinosum

Has abundant elastic and collagenic fibers

Reticular layer.

Location of Melanocytes and Merkel cells.

Stratum basale.

Area where weblike pre-keratin filaments first appear

Stratum spinosum

Region of areolar connective tissue.

Papillary layer