A lab technician is ordered to take a sample of your blood. As she inserts the needle, she says, "My, you have tough skin!" What

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A lab technician is ordered to take a sample of your blood. As she inserts the needle, she says, "My, you have tough skin!" What

would be an equivalent translation of this statement?

Engineering

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Anvisha [2.4K] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-01T18:34:22+03:00

Answer:

Your stratified squamous epithelium is difficult to penetrate!

Explanation:

The epithelium is the tissue formed by one or several layers of cells attached to each other that cover all the free surfaces of the organism, and constitute the internal lining of the cavities, organs, hollows, ducts of the body and skin and also form the Mucous and glands. The epithelia also forms the parenchyma of many organs, such as the liver.

Flat or squamous epithelia: Formed by flat cells, with much less height than width and a flattened nucleus. It is one of the most external being part of the epidermis and generating some inconveniences when penetrating with needles to perform blood extractions when you have certain characteristics of hardness.