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Spinous cell, the Glossary

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Spinous cells, or prickle cells, are keratin producing epidermal cells owing their prickly appearance to their numerous intracellular connections.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Biological barrier, Desmosome, Epidermis, Keratin, Keratinocyte, Skin, Squamous-cell carcinoma, Stratum basale, Stratum granulosum, Stratum spinosum.

  2. Epithelial cells

Biological barrier

A biological barrier is a natural selectively permeable membrane that protects certain organs or tissues by allowing some substances to pass through them, and blocking entry of other substances.

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Desmosome

A desmosome ("binding body"), also known as a macula adherens (plural: maculae adherentes) (Latin for adhering spot), is a cell structure specialized for cell-to-cell adhesion.

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Epidermis

The epidermis is the outermost of the three layers that comprise the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.

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Keratinocyte

Keratinocytes are the primary type of cell found in the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin.

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Skin

Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.

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Squamous-cell carcinoma

The term squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC), also known as epidermoid carcinoma, comprises a number of different types of cancer that begin in squamous cells.

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Stratum basale

The stratum basale (basal layer, sometimes referred to as stratum germinativum) is the deepest layer of the five layers of the epidermis, the external covering of skin in mammals. Spinous cell and stratum basale are Epithelial cells.

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Stratum granulosum

The stratum granulosum (or granular layer) is a thin layer of cells in the epidermis lying above the stratum spinosum and below the stratum corneum (stratum lucidum on the soles and palms). Spinous cell and stratum granulosum are Epithelial cells.

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Stratum spinosum

The stratum spinosum (or spinous layer/prickle cell layer) is a layer of the epidermis found between the stratum granulosum and stratum basale. Spinous cell and stratum spinosum are Epithelial cells.

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See also

Epithelial cells

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinous_cell

Also known as Prickle cell.