Question | Answer |
Skin and accessory structures also called ___________ system | INTEGUMENTARY |
____________ lubricate and cool the skin | SKIN GLANDS |
Skin helps maintain body _____________ | TEMPERATURE |
Provides membrane covering receptor for sensations | FUNCTIONS OF SKIN |
Protective membrane over entire body | FUNCTIONS OF SKIN |
____________ _________ produce watery secretion that evaporates and cools. Develop an odor when bacteria is present. | SWEAT GLANDS |
Produce OILY secretion that LUBRICATE skin and hair | SEBACEOUS GLANDS |
A thermoregulator | SKIN |
Recieves sensation pain temperature pressure touch | SKIN |
Interprets message from heat center in the brain | SKIN |
Known as "True Skin" | DERMIS |
OUTERMOST, thin cellular membrane layer | EPIDERMIS |
Dense, fibrous, connective tissue | DERMIS |
THICK, fat-containing tissue | SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER |
DEEPEST layer | BASAL LAYER |
Most SUPERFICIAL LAYER of the epidermis, on very top of epidermis! | STRATUM CORNEUM |
WILL NOT bleed if scratched | EPIDERMIS |
Contain melanin that gives color to skin | MELANOCYTES |
Individuals unable of forming melanin are __ with skin and hair that is all white, along with pupils being red. | ALBINO |
Hair Root is the____________ | SHAFT |
Consists of: Hair Skin Nails | INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM |
Shafts that hold the hair | HAIR FOLLICLES |
______________ Forms hair | KERATIN (PROTEIN) |
_ Semilunar (half moon-shaped) whitish region at nail base | LUNULA |
___ is a narrow band of epidermis at base and sides of nail plate | CUTICLE |
__ soft tissue surrounding nail border | PARONYCHIUM |
_________ secrete oily sebum into hair follicle to lubricate | SEBACEOUS GLANDS |
Sebaceous glands are located in _______ ________ of skin over entire body EXCEPT palms of hands and soles of feet | DERMAL LAYER |
Sweat glands secrete sweat into pores to _____ and ________ | MOISTEN AND COOL |
What is colorless and odorless until bacteria grows? | SWEAT GLANDS |
One of the LARGE dermal exocrine glands located in the axilla and genital areas. | APOCRINE SWEAT GLAND |
________ secretes sweat that, in action with bacteria is responsible for human body odor | APOCRINE SWEAT GLAND |
Most numerous sweat-producing exocrine gland in the skin | ECCRINE SWEAT GLAND |
burn, burning | CAUS/O |
skin | CUTANE/O |
heat, burn | CAUTER/O |
profuse sweating | DIAPHOR/O |
redness | ERYTHEM/O ERYTHEMAT/O |
sweat | HIDR/O |
hard, horny tissue | KERAT/O |
nail | ONYCH/O |
fungus | MYC/O |
plant | PHYT/O |
hair, hair follicle | PIL/O |
wrinkle | RHYTHID/O |
sebum | SEB/O |
scalelike | SQUAM/O |
fat | STEAT/O |
hair | TRICH/O |
nail | UNGU/O |
yellow | XANTH/O |
dry | XER/O |
skin | -DERMA |
condition | -ESIS |
breakdown; destruction; loosening | -LYSIS |
full of; pertaining to; sugar | -OSE |
pertaining to | -OUS |
plaque | -PLAKIA |
flow; discharge | -RRHEA |
Name 3 functions of the skin | LUBRICATE AND COOL RECEPTOR FOR SENSATIONS MAINTAIN BODY TEMPERATURE STORES WATER |
What makes your skin waterproof? | SEBUM AND KERATIN |
Name the layers of the skin | EPIDERMIS DERMIS SUBCUTANEOUS BASAL STRATUM CORNEUM |
Which layer is referred to as "True Skin"? | DERMIS |
Name moon shaped structure found at base of nail. | LUNULA |
Name different types of glands found within the skin. | SEBACEOUS GLANDS SWEAT GLANDS |