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Integumentary
Integumentary system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the epidermis contain? | Keratinocytes, melanocytes, langerhan cells and merkel cells |
| What produces keratin which promotes hydration of the skin and that is a tough outer layer of protection? | keratinocytes |
| What cell produces melanin? | melanocytes. |
| What is present processed antigens to T cells and produced by the bone marrow? | Langerhan cells |
| What cells function as slowly adapting mechanoreceptors? | Merkel cells |
| What is contained in the dermis? | fibroblasts, mast cells, and macrophages. |
| What secretes connective tissue, matrix, and collagen | Fibrobasts |
| What cells release histamine which lead to itchy skin? | Mast cells |
| What are phagocytic immune cells that are histocytes that are in loose connective tissue that phagocytize pigment and debris of inflammation? | Macrophages. |