{{Short description|Epidermis and the dermis collectively}} {{Infobox anatomy | name = Cutis | latin = | image = Skin.png | caption = Cross-section of all skin layers (epidermis and dermis labeled at upper right) | image2 = | caption2 = | precursor = | system = | artery = | vein = | nerve = | lymph = }} '''Cutis''', often termed the "true skin", is composed of the epidermis and the dermis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=cutis {{!}} Taber's Medical Dictionary |url=https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/737064/all/cutis |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.tabers.com |language=en}}</ref> The dermis contains blood vessels, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and hair follicles.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Rijnberk |first=A. |title=Chapter 8 - General examination |date=2009-01-01 |work=Medical History and Physical Examination in Companion Animals (Second Edition) |pages=47–62 |editor-last=Rijnberk |editor-first=A. |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780702029684000083 |access-date=2024-11-24 |place=Edinburgh |publisher=W.B. Saunders |doi=10.1016/b978-0-7020-2968-4.00008-3 |isbn=978-0-7020-2968-4 |last2=Stokhof |first2=A. A. |editor2-last=van Sluijs |editor2-first=F. J. |editor3-last=Belshaw |editor3-first=B. E. |editor4-last=Janssen |editor4-first=B.|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The epidermis and the dermis contain sensory nerve endings to detect changes in the environment.<ref name=":0" /> The cutis is the layer located above the subcutis.<ref name=":0" />
== Pathology == Aplasia cutis congenita results in thin, transparent skin usually on the head. The disease is defined as a congenital absence of skin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aplasia cutis congenita - NIH Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) - NCBI |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/conditions/C0282160/ |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cutis}} Category:Skin anatomy {{Integumentary system}}
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