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| cells that produce a tough fibrous tissue; |
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| what kind of cells make up the majority of the cells in the epidermis? |
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| only in the deep stratum basale; all people have roughly same amount of them; |
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| what must melanin go through to shade nuclei from UV radiation? |
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| they must be phagocytized by keratinocytes |
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| black/brown protective pigment |
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| reddish/yello protective pigment |
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| very few in stratum basale; sense touch;associated with dermel nerve fiber; attached to a nerve ending in the dermis (nerve fiber) |
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| basale,spinosum,granulosum,lucidum,corneum |
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| 2nd deepest layer of the epidermis; thickest layer; conatins more living keratinocytes; produce more keratin filaments which cause the cells to flatten; conatins the dendric cells which alert the immune system |
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| keratinocytes(contains most of them); Dendritic (Langerhans) cells that alert the immune system to foreign invaders |
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| 3-5 layers of granule and vesicle containing keratinocytes |
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| thin layer, transluscent zone; has no nuclei or organelles; filled with eledin; |
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| intermediate product of keratin production |
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| contains up to 30layers; highly protective, resistant to abrasion, penetration, and water loss |
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| composed of mostly fibrous connective tissue, mostly collogen and some elastic reticular tissue; contains blood vessels |
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| is the dermis vascular or avascular? |
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| what other structures does the dermis contain? |
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| sweat glands, sebaceous glands, hair follicles, nail roots and nerve endings |
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| upward extensions of the dermis into the epidermis forming the ridges of the fingerprints |
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| contains areoler tissue, allows mobility of white blood cells |
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| contains dense irregular tissue; deepest 4/5; has thick collagen that is responsible for stretch marks; contains adipocytes (fat) |
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| subcutaneous tissue or superficial fascia; binds skin to underlying tissue; has most adipose; functions as an energy reservoir and thermal insulation; 8% thicker in women |
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| Where is male adipose tisue? |
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| abdomenon, thighs love handles, ass |
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| thighs, boobs, above neck, back of arms, ass |
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| red pigment in red blood cells; is red because of oxygen binding with it |
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| yellow pigment from diet; color of fat; is in corneum and subaceous fat |
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| blueness of skin due to deficiency of oxygen circulating in blood |
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| redness due to dialated cutaneous vessels; result of anger, sunburn, embarrasment |
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| yellowing of skin & sclera; due to liver disease, which causes excess bilirubin in blood |
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| deficiency o glucocorticoid hormone; causes bronzing,; causes rapid water loss |
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| pale color from lack of blood flow |
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| bruise; visibly clotted blood under the skin |
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| birthmarks; benign tumers of dermal blood capillaries |
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| flat aggregations of melanocytes; they are hereditary, or can form from sun exposure |
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| grow 1mm per week;allows for sensitive fingertips; derived from stratum corneum |
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| diagnosed from clubbing of finger nails |
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| iron deficiency can be diagnosed how? |
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| spoon-like shape of the nail |
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| white crest on nail that covers a thick stratum basale |
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| resistance to infections/trauma; other barrier functions;vitamin d synthesis;sensation; thermoregulation; nonverbal communication |
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| filament of kertinzed cells; composed of hard keratin, but less than nails (to make more flexible); toughened by disulfide bridges between molecules; hair |
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| visible above skin; in cross section (like tree trunk) |
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| oblique tube within the skin |
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| swelling in base where hair originates |
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| 1mm every 3days for 2-4yrs, before going into dorment phase lasting 3-4 months |
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| abnormal hairiness in children or women caused by ovarian tumors or adrenal cortex produces too much testosterone |
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| baldness; expressed with male levels of testosterone; passed on the x chromosome; occurs with women ONLY in homozygous recessive |
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-alerts us of parasites; sensory
-scalp for heat retention and sunburn protection
-recognition
sexual maturityprevent foreighn objects form getting in nostrils ear canals or eyes
-eybrows express emotion |
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| sweat or sudiferous glands |
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| most numerous gland; watery perspiration; located everywhere especially in palms and soles and forehead |
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| located in groin, anal, axillary, beard, ducts of hair follicles; is more milky/fatty acid/thick |
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| produces sebum; prevents drying of skin/hair |
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| only in ear canal; produces cerumen/earwax |
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| inflammation due to infection, fungi, bacteria |
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| fungal infection (ringworm) |
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| red rash of nose & cheeks; |
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| reoccurring patches of scaly white and/or yellow skin |
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| inflammation of subaceous gland; affects 80% of ppl;microorganism feed on glycerol |
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| white head; blackhead if oxidized by being "open" |
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| inhibits sebum production |
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| genetic skin disorder; not contagious; dry itchy skin; no cure |
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| inhibits sebum production |
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