The school nurse is approached by a teenage student. The student says that she learned in science class that the outer layer of the skin is dead cells. The student wants to know which of her cells is going to die so they can be covered with skin
What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called keratin cells."
B) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called melanocytes."
C) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called Merkel cells."
D) "All cells die and the body replaces most of them. The cells thought to form the barrier of the outer layer of the skin are called Langerhans' cells."
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