skin epidermis

UBERON:0001003 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

The outer epithelial layer of the skin that is superficial to the dermis. — UBERON

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat
Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Integumentary system > Skin > Epidermis	2	ORGANISM

Broader habitats

outer epithelium UBERON:0007376
external integument structure UBERON:3000961
Skin habitatmech:GOLD.4b37ab4b76

Also called

Epidermis — GOLD
epidermis — UBERON
skin — UBERON
vertebrate epidermis — UBERON

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

GROUND 2026-08-13 · claude-opus-5
Grounded to UBERON:0001003 'skin epidermis' (EXACT). GOLD's node is the epidermis specifically; this one is right and is endorsed. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Integumentary system > Skin > Epidermis (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.56c59812e3)

Provenance

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