The dermis: a thicker inner portion. This is the connective tissue layer of skin. It is important for sensation, protection and thermoregulation. It contains nerves, the blood supply, fibroblasts, etc, as well as sweat glands, which open out onto the surface of the skin, and in some regions, hair.
The largest city in Texas is Houston while its capital is Austin. Texas is bordered by the U.S. states of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana but also by the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico.
 Texas has an area of 696,200 sq. km., which makes it bigger than Ukraine and much bigger than Romania! The US state closest in size to Romania is Michigan, which has an area of 250,498 sq. km.