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Skin surface, SEM

Skin surface, SEM

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Credit: PAUL GUNNING/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Skin surface. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of the skin (red) of a 43-year-old. The outermost surface is composed of dead and dying skin cells from the underlying epidermis, which help to protect the delicate epidermal cells from the external environment. Magnification x29 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

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