A Study of Skin Thickness in Korean.
- Author:
Jae Joon LEE
;
Inn Ki CHUN
;
Young Pio KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Skin thickness;
Postmortem subjects
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Dermis;
Ear;
Epidermis;
Eyelids;
Skin*;
Thigh
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1986;24(4):469-479
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We studied skin thickness of the twelve body sites in 25 post-mortem subjects. The most thinnest and thickest sites of the skin layers are as follows(unit: um) l. In the horny layer, eyelid(13.16+/-5.44) and sole(420.83+182. 25), respectively 2. In the granular, eyelid, posterior ear, abdomen, back, thigh, forearrn(1 layer)and sole(3.4+/-0.59 layers), respectively 3. In the prickle cell layer(to rete ridge), forearm(50. 21+/-15. 36) and sole (174.72+/-84.41), respectively 4. In the prickle cell layer(to papillary dermis), abdomen (33. 05+/-10. 28) and sole (106.13+/-73.62), respectively 5. In the epidermis, eyelid (61.60+/-16.53) and sole (972.00+/-228. 16), rpspectively 6. In the dermis, eyelid(878.08+283. 56) and back(3596.05+/-1306.80), respectively.
