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What are the 6 functions of the skin   show
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show The skin acts as a barrier between internal and external environment such as water, toxins, trauma, UV light and microorganisms  
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show Through sebaceous glands. It forms a thin water repellent layer over the skin. It gives a sheen to the coat and helps to control bacteria  
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show Comes from sudoriferous glands found in foot and nose pads  
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show UV light acts on a precursors chemical in the skin that gets converted to vitamin D3 and absorbed into the bloodstream. This vitamin is then converted by the liver into a compound used by the kidneys to make calcitrol for calcium absorption  
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show Produced by specialised glands. They have a role in communication such as territory marking  
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show They are modified sweat glands that produce milk  
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show Produce a secretion with a smell used for territory marking  
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What are ceruminious glands   show
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What do nerve receptors in the skin respond to   show
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show From receptors to the CNS  
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How is storage used in skin   show
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What are the five ways thermoregulation is used   show
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How is communication used in the skin   show
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show Epidermis, dermis and hypodermis  
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Describe the epidermis   show
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What are the four layers of the epidermis   show
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Describe stratum basale   show
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show Cells are flattened and keratinisation begins  
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show Making keratin  
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What is stratum luciderm   show
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show Most superficial layer. The cells have no nuclei and are fully keratinised and are flattened. They are known as squames  
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Describe the dermis   show
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show Hair follicles, sebaceous glands and sweat glands  
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show Also known as subcuticular layer. Is a layer of loose connective tissue and fat. Has elastic fibres that give the skin stretch  
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What is a guard hair   show
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What are under hairs   show
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show Long sensory hairs. Eg. Whiskers  
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show Found immediately above the eyelids  
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show Larger tufty hairs Eg. Eyebrows  
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show 1mm  
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show Environment, nutrition and hormones  
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show A keratinised structure covering surface of dog and cat  
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show The part of the hair that can be seen from the skin  
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What is the hair root   show
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show Where hair grows and develops in the epidermal cells  
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show Secrete sebum that forms a water repellant layer over the skin surface  
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What do blood vessels do in the dermis   show
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What does the arrector pilli muscle   show
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show In the dermis where epidermal thickening covers the papilla which forms a bulb  
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What is the papilla   show
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show Hair is formed in the epidermal tissue that extends to form a hair papilla. The hair grows, destroying the cells and leaving a hair follicle for the hair to grow through called the hair shaft  
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show Anagen, catgen and telogen  
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show The period of active growth  
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show Transitional period  
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What is telogen   show
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Describe wool hairs   show
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How are vibrassae sensory   show
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Describe the footpads   show
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show They are modified epidermal structures and form the third phalanx where they cover the ungual process. The have lots of keratin. The tissue is referred to as a horn  
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What is the coronary border   show
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What is the skin border   show
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How do dog and cat claws differ   show
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show The nose pad  
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show Thick, keratinised and hairless. Has a unique print  
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What are tail glands   show
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show Form a ring around the anus where the ducts drain into the ducts of modified sweat glands  
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show Modified sweat glands that have glandular tissue lined with secretory epithelium. Secretions drain through teat sinuses. Open at teat orifices  
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What is lactation   show
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show Thick yellow secretion in mammary glands several weeks before and one week after pasturation (pregnancy). Rich in antibiodies  
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show Not much as the semen has to be at a low temperature  
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show All year round  
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show Vibrissae  
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What are the centre of the sweat pads called   show
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show Carpal pad  
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What are dewclaws used for   show
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show The pattern of the dermal papillae  
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How to sudoriferous glands work   show
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Where are anal glands found   show
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