There is a diffuse lymphocytic infiltrate in the epidermis extending into the dermis.
To create a specific feeding pool in the dermis, ticks attach themselves to the host skin using their chelicerae and toothed hypostome.
The basement membrane is a zone of 0.1 mm thickness that connects the epidermis to the dermis.
Structurally, the skin consists of epidermis, dermis and basement membrane zone.
Banded fibrils (anchoring fibrils) connect the dermal side of the basement membrane to the underlying, collagen-fibril-rich dermis (dermal matrix).
Schistosomula in the dermis are not surrounded by lacunae and are much more clearly visible.
There were no significant differences between the uncovered mice and the two other phenotypes in the structures of epidermis or dermis.
Such end products arise from proliferation and differentiation of epidermal cells under the influence of the underlying dermis.
