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OCR: SKIN "HE SKIN, as seen in this cross- section. has four distinct lay ers. The upper two layers are the outer dead' layer (mauve) and the inner living layer (pink) of the epidermis. The dermis (red), which contains many blood vessels, oil and sweat glands, and nerve endings, connects the epidermis to the underlying hypodermis. The hypodermis not strictly part of the skin but involved with skin functions. stores up to half the body's fat specialized fat-storing cells. Fat-storing cells Sweat gland