Question

The lateral kidney position allows approach to the retroperitoneal area of the flank. to render the kidney region readily accessible, the ______ is raised, and the bed flexed so that the area between the twelfth rib and the iliac crest is elevated. compression of the _______ can occur when the flank is raised too high.

Answer 1

The skin has only 2 layers—epidermis and dermis. Hypodermis, if that’s what you have in mind as the third, isn’t considered part of the skin.

The epidermis is a barrier to infection, trauma, and water loss (dehydration); it’s important to our social interactions; and it’s the body’s largest sense organ. The dermis provides toughness and resistance to mechanical stress; provides blood vessels that come close to the epidermis and nourish it (but don’t enter it); contains a variety of sensory receptors for touch, heat, cold, pressure, and vibration; and is an arena of immune defense in which white blood cells can rally at a site of infection and fight off intruders.
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