How to pronounce“basal layer”in English

It’s actually kind of like how your skin cells are produced -- with stem cells at the basal layer that produce immature cells, which in turn get forced toward the surface as they mature.

Finally, something of a footnote to your skin is its third and most basal layer -- the subcutis, or hypodermis.

And finally, that dang nail touches down on your deepest, thinnest epidermal level -- the “basal layer” or stratum basale.