This image is a stained cross section taken under polarized light through the skin and subcutaneous muscles (that is, muscles just under the skin) of a rabbit. The outer layers of skin are the green, ...

As we age, the layers of our skin change. The outer layer-- or epidermis ... heavy platysma, the neck muscle flapping in the breeze, the turkey neck, whatever you want to call it, surgery ...

The skin contains three layers: The epidermis, dermis and a layer of fatty tissue. Structures within these layers are involved in thermoregulation. Sweat glands in the dermis release more sweat ...