Structurally, what is the difference between the dermis and epidermis?

A. The epidermis is thicker.
B. The dermis contains more types of tissue.
C. The dermis is mostly of dead skin cells.
D. The epidermis consists of mostly adipose cells.
I'm thinking b or c.

1 answer

Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "dermis epidermis" to get these possible sources:

http://dermatology.about.com/cs/skinanatomy/a/anatomy.htm
http://1stholistic.com/Beauty/skin/skin_parts-of-the-skin.htm
http://www.scienceclarified.com/He-In/Integumentary-System.html

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.