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Discuss the process of epidermal growth and repair.

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Step-by-step explanation:

The cells of the stratum basale continue to go through mitosis at the same rate that the cells are shed from the surface of the skin.

Injury stimulates an increased rate of mitosis, and continued abrasion will form a thickening of the stratum corneum called a callus.

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