Excess upper abdominal fat may occur from years of poor diet, lack of exercise and stress. Age and genetic factors also play a role in where your body accumulates belly fat. Upper abdominal fat tends to be visceral fat -- the kind of fat that lies between your abdominal wall and your organs.
Skin (percutaneous, dermal) absorption is a term that describes the transport of chemicals from the outer surface of the skin both into the skin and into the systemic circulation. The surface area of an adult is about 20,900 cm3 and the surface area of a child of 6 years is about 9,000 cm3. 2  These figures and figures for other body parts or portions can be found in the EPA Exposures Handbook 1996 or estimated using other databases.
The dermal tissue of a plant is the extremely thin outer layer of the soft parts of a plant. It is also known as the epidermis. Epidermal cells are flattened and very close together. Stomata are found in the dermal tissue.These are tiny pores flanked by two guard cells.robably not. Skin is clearly an important and well-known part of a person or animal. But surprisingly, plants have an outer layer known as dermal tissue that is essentially their skin. This layer is also called the epidermis, which you may notice has the same name as our very own outer layer.