skin morphogenesis
The process in which the anatomical structures of the skin are generated and organized. The skin is the external membranous integument of an animal. In vertebrates the skin generally consists of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis (cuticle or skarfskin) composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial layers, as well as an inner, sensitive and vascular dermis (cutis, corium or true skin) composed mostly of connective tissue. [ GOC:jl http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002097 ]
Term info
biological_process
GO:0043589
Term relations
- animal organ morphogenesis
- part of some skin development
- results in morphogenesis of some skin of body