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| superficial skin layer; thin, devoid of blood vessels; |
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| skin layer well supplied with blood; contains connective tissue, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, and hair follicles |
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| bright red pigment (oxygen attached to red blood cells), predominates in arteries and capillaries |
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| darker and bluer pigment - blood cells do not have the oxygen on them |
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| blue cast to skin due to increased amounts of deoxyhemoglobin |
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| short, fine, inconspicuous, relatively unpigmented hair |
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| coarser, thicker, more conspicuous, usually pigment. scalp and eyebrows are examples |
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| white, half moon at base of bail plate |
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| produce a fatty substance secreted onto the skin surface through the hair follicles; present on all surfaces except palms and soles |
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| widely distributed sweat glands open directly onto skin surface; produce sweat to help control body temperature |
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| axillary and genital regions, open to hair follicles and stimulated by emotional stress; bacterial decomposition of apocrine sweat causes adult body odor |
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