You have just gotten a paper cut. It is very painful, but it doesn't bleed. Has the cut penetrated into the dermis or just the epidermis?
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The epidermis is the outermost layer, while the dermis is the thicker layer beneath it. A paper cut that is very painful but doesn't bleed suggests that the cut has penetrated the epidermis but not the dermis. This is because the dermis contains blood vessels, Show more…
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