Answer:
The correct answer is option - epidermis
Explanation:
The epidermis is the outermost covering or layer of the skin. It is the top layer out of three layers that forms the skin. The outermost epidermis, and inner layers dermis, and hypodermis. The epidermis is act like a barrier to infection from a pathogen or foreign bodies.
The epidermis regulates water amount lose from the body by trans epidermal loss. When epidermal cells attached to the microbes, These cells died and epidermal layer sheds regularly.
Thus, the correct answer is option - epidermis
