Skin Layers
This is the superior 1/5 of the dermis.
Papillary region
Which structure is responsible for the sensation of light touch?
Meissner's Corpuscles
Two structures responsible for thermoregulation in the skin.
Sweat glands, arector pili muscles, blood vessels, hair.
A burn that reaches to the subcutaneous/hypodermis.
Third degree burn
This structure has three layers: Medulla, cortex and cuticle.
The two layers of the cutaneous membrane.
Epidermis and dermis
Which structure is responsible for sensation of pressure?
Lamellated or pacinian corpuscles
Skin has a (low or high) pH
Low (acid mantle)
Complete absence of melanin.
Albinism
This structure is made up of the internal and external root sheath.
Hair follicle
In which layer of the epidermis does mitosis occur?
Stratum basale
This gland secretes sweat onto the hair.
Apocrine sweat gland
The blood vessels in skin holding 8-10% of blood volume is responsible for this function of the skin.
Blood reservoir
This cancer is resistant to chemotherapy.
Melanoma
The part of the hair outside of the body.
Shaft
In which layer of the epidermis do karatinocyte organelles start to degenerate?
Stratum granulosum
This muscle is responsible for erecting the hair.
Arector Pili muscle
This protein helps waterproof the skin to help it act as a physical barrier.
Keratin
The E in the ABCDE rule of skin cancer.
Evolving
The cuticle of the nail.
Eponychium
Where is thin skin found?
Everywhere except palms of hands and soles of feet
When someone turns blue, it is due to this "pigment".
Deoxyhemoglobin
Some UV is needed to convert calcitriol into _______.
Vitamin D
This condition is characterized by depigmentation patches in the skin.
The skin under the nail plate.
Nail bed