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Cross section of skin. Illustration of the six layers of skin, from the dermis to the stratum corneum. Examples of residents cells are included, among them a healthy Merkel cell and a cell that is part of a Merkel cell carcinoma tumour. Merkel cells are located in the stratum basale.
