name	epidermis
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 part_of_glabrous_skin 
parent	 part_of_hirsute_skin 
label [de]	Oberhaut
ACC []	cy0049127
label [en]	epidermis
comment [en]	The epithelial and superficial part of the skin which is derived from the embryonic epiblast; it consists of several layers of squamous epithelial cells, the outer ones of which are progressively more compressed and/or horny
speciesNo []	86
organNo []	858
comment [de]	die gefäßlose, in den oberen Schichten aus verhorntem Plattenepithel bestehende Außenschicht der Körperhaut, ektodermaler Herkunft
label [med]	Epidermis
isPartOf	newborn
derivesFrom	ectoderm
forms	tactile_elevations
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#melanocyte
forms	dermal_ridges
hasPart	stratum_conjunctum
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#Merkel_cell_of_epidermis
hasPart	stratified_keratinized_squamous_epithelium_of_epidermis
hasPart	stratum_germinativum
hasPart	scrotal_cutis
hasPart	stratum_disjunctum
hasPart	stratum_lucidum
forms	skin_furrows
hasPart	cornu_forming_layer_of_epidermis
hasPart	desmosome_of_epidermis
hasPart	stratum_spinosum
isPartOf	adult
hasPart	stratum_granulosum
forms	tension_lines
hasCell	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/cell#Langerhans_cell_in_epidermis
hasPart	tonofibrils
differentiatedFrom	periderm
hasPart	basal_layer_of_epidermis
hasPart	skin_scale