| Term | Definition |
| 3-5 layers of flat cells | granulosum |
| apotosis here | granulosum |
| keratohyalin here | dark stained granule - granulosum |
| 3-5 layers of flat dead cells | lucidium |
| have alot of keratin and thickened PMs | lucidium |
| Eledin present | lucidium |
| only in thick skin | lucidium |
| 8-10 layers of polyhedral cells | spinosum |
| cells of spinosum | melanocytes and langerhans |
| melanin here | spinosume |
| 25-30 layers of flat dead cells | corneum |
| cells filled w/ keratin | corneum |
| constantly shed and replace | corneum |
| lamellr granules | have lipids - corneum |
| "germanitivium" | basale |
| deepest layer | basale |
| single layer above basemt memb | basale |
| cells of basale | cubodial to columnat- melanocytes, merkel, and langehans |
| activley dividing | basale |