cellular elements
Last reviewed 01/2018
The key cellular elements of the dermis are:
- mast cells: involved in inflammatory and immune responses
- Langerhans cells: antigen presentation
- mononuclear phagocyte: destruction of foreign particles e.g. bacteria, role in immune response
- fibroblast: production of connective tissue
- nerve cells:
- free
- Pacinian Corpuscles
- Ruffini endings
- Meissner's Corpuscles