Abstract
The skin has a rich supply of blood and lymph vessels that are nutritive as well as important in the regulation of temperature and blood pressure. The kinds of cutaneous vascular beds present are determined by the kinds of skin they perfuse, the types and numbers of appendages present, and the thickness of the dermal and hypodermal layers. Everywhere on the human body skin is vascularized by vessels that greatly exceed the need for nutrition.
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Montagna, W., Kligman, A.M., Carlisle, K.S. (1992). Blood Vessels. In: Atlas of Normal Human Skin. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9202-6_5
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