Sean W. answered • 01/28/17
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Hi Haydee,
The epidermis is the outer layer of skin ("epi-" means outer and "dermis" means skin). One main example in actual life is the human skin. It acts as protection from bacteria and viruses that stay on our skin. The epidermis has a high regenerative rate because any bacteria/virus that sticks onto our skin gets sloughed off, along with the outermost cells of our epidermis. Maybe you've heard of dead skin cells? The majority of those cells were once living epidermal cells.
The epidermis also helps to retain water and produce melanin (from melanocytes). But these get incredibly detailed. If you'd like to know more, feel free to message me or comment.
Hope this helps!
Sean W.
That is indeed quite hard to do. I would suggest you still search up the information, but cite them correctly. You may add in your own analogies and descriptions, but I want to emphasize that citations are extremely important, otherwise you would simply be plagiarizing. Also, it is quite hard to put everything entirely in your own words, because this is anatomical and has been labeled by scientists for many years, but as long as you add in some of your own thoughts and words, it should suffice. Good luck!
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