Specifically, this model system consists of a stratum basale, having one layer of columnar to round cells, a relatively flattened stratum spinosum and stratum granulosum, and a non-keratinizing ...

The corneocytes will then be replaced with new keratinocytes from a lower layer of the epidermis called the stratum granulosum. The desmosomes serve to connect the bricks by joining the ...