Vaginal lubrication - Vaginal discharge. 1  The lubricative fluid contains water, pyridine, squalene, urea, acetic acid, lactic acid, complex alcohols and glycols, ketones, and aldehydes. [1] 2  Vaginal fluid is slightly acidic and can become more acidic with certain sexually transmitted diseases. The normal pH of vaginal fluid is between 3.8 and 4.5, whereas male semen is typically between 7.2 and 8.0 (a neutral substance has a pH of 7.0). Production
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Keratinocyte is the predominant cell type in the epidermis, the outermost layer of the skin, constituting 90% of the cells found there. Those keratinocytes found in the basal layer of the skin are sometimes referred to as basal cells or basal keratinocytes.
Basal Cell Carcinomas (BCC) are the. most common skin cancers originating. in the epidermis. Basal cell carcinomas. originate in the basal layer of keratino-. cytes, which is the deepest cell layer of. the epidermis. Squamous cell carcinomas. (SCC) stem from the more superficial lay-. ers of keratinocytes. Based on their histol-. ogy, the lesions called âactinic keratosisâ. appear to be early stages of squamous cell. carcinoma (1).