Abstract
The dermis, the connective tissue matrix of the skin, makes up 15 to 20% of the total body weight. It gives the skin its structural strength, protects the body from injury, stores water, and interacts with the epidermis. Nerves, vascular networks, and skin appendages are supported in the dermal extracellular matrix, which consists of collagen and elastic fibers, filamentous structures, and an amorphous ground substance. The recognition of the cells in the dermis has always been a challenge to histologists, but the electron microscope has resolved this problem. Fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells, and lymphocytes are the resident cells of the dermis.
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Montagna, W., Kligman, A.M., Carlisle, K.S. (1992). Dermis. In: Atlas of Normal Human Skin. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9202-6_4
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