The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high â Mount Olympus is the highest at 7,962 ft (2,427 m); however, the eastern slopes rise out of Puget Sound and the western slopes are separated from the Pacific Ocean by the 20 to 35 km (12 to 22 mi) wide Pacific Ocean coastal plain.
(dÃ»râ²mÄ­s) The innermost layer of the skin in vertebrate animals, lying under the epidermis and containing nerve endings and blood and lymph vessels. In mammals, the dermis also contains hair follicles and sweat glands.
The skin consists of an outer layer of epiblastic origin, the epidermis, and an inner layer of mesoblastic origin, the dermis. The Vertebrate Skeleton Sidney H. Reynolds. Derma, or dermis, is the true skin lying under the epidermis (cuticle), which is known in contrast as the scarf-skin.