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  2. Superficial - Wikipedia

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    Superficial anatomy, is the study of the external features of the body; Superficiality, the discourses in philosophy regarding social relation; Superficial charm, the tendency to be smooth, engaging, charming, slick and verbally facile; Superficial sympathy, false or insincere display of emotion such as a hypocrite crying fake tears of grief

  3. Flexor digitorum superficialis muscle - Wikipedia

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    It is sometimes considered to be the deepest part of the superficial layer of this compartment, [2] [3] and sometimes considered to be a distinct, "intermediate layer" of this compartment. [4] It is relatively common for the Flexor digitorum superficialis to be missing from the little finger, bilaterally and unilaterally, which can cause ...

  4. Superficiality - Wikipedia

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    If postmodernism's proponents welcomed the way a new transcendence of the surface /depth dichotomy allowed a fuller appreciation of the possibilities of the superficial [19] - the surface consciousness of the now, as opposed to the depths of historical time [20] - critics like J. G. Ballard object that the end-product is a world of "laws ...

  5. Epidermis - Wikipedia

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    The epidermis is the outermost of the three layers that comprise the skin, the inner layers being the dermis and hypodermis. [1] The epidermal layer provides a barrier to infection from environmental pathogens [2] and regulates the amount of water released from the body into the atmosphere through transepidermal water loss.

  6. Anatomical terms of location - Wikipedia

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    Superficial (from Latin superficies 'surface') describes something near the outer surface of the organism. [ 1 ] [ 37 ] For example, in skin , the epidermis is superficial to the subcutis . Dorsal and ventral

  7. Skin flora - Wikipedia

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    The superficial layers of the skin are naturally acidic (pH 4–4.5) due to lactic acid in sweat and produced by skin bacteria. [31] At this pH mutualistic flora such as Staphylococci , Micrococci , Corynebacterium and Propionibacteria grow but not transient bacteria such as Gram-negative bacteria like Escherichia and Pseudomonas or Gram ...

  8. Medial pterygoid muscle - Wikipedia

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    The smaller, superficial head originates from the maxillary tuberosity and the pyramidal process of the palatine bone. Its fibers pass downward, lateral, and posterior, and are inserted, by a strong tendinous lamina, into the lower and back part of the medial surface of the ramus and angle of the mandible, as high as the mandibular foramen.

  9. Superficial (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Anatomical terms of location#Superficial and deep; Retrieved from " ...