dermis

The dermis is a layer of skin between the epidermis (with which it makes up the skin) and subcutaneous tissues, and is composed of two layers, the papillary and reticular dermis[WP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the dermis is

The dermis is a layer of skin between the epidermis (with which it makes up the skin) and subcutaneous tissues, and is composed of two layers, the papillary and reticular dermis[WP]. The atlas records it as a tissue at the tissue scale in the human body.

Where the dermis is

It sits within the integumentary system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the dermis connects to

The atlas records 16 typed relationships for it, across 7 kinds of connection. part of integumental system, skin of body and zone of skin.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the dermis. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as vertebrate dermis, corium and cutis. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002067, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: integumental system, skin of body and zone of skin.
• A kind of: anatomical structure and organ component layer.
• Adjacent to: epidermal-dermal junction and skin epidermis.
• contains: collection of collagen fibrils, Pacinian corpuscle, papillary layer of dermis, reticular layer of dermis and unencapsulated tactile receptor.
• Develops from: integument and integumental system.
• composed of: connective tissue.
• superficial to: superficial cervical fascia.

Questions

Where is the dermis?

It sits within the integumentary system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the dermis connect to?

Part of: integumental system, skin of body and zone of skin.

Is the dermis the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.