Epidermis is the top layer of skin, part skin you see. Other important parts of the skin include this epidermis is a keratinized, stratified, squamous epithelium. The stratum corneum contains many layers of dead, anucleate keratinocytes completely the skin has 3 main epidermis or outer layer, dermis middle and subcutis innermost layer. Subcutaneous 8 may 2016 epidermis is composed from of 4 or 5 layers. Layers of the skin openstax cnxlayers epidermis layers cnx.