Dermis
The lower layer of the dermis where collagen and elastin are more tightly packed together.
What is the reticular layer?
What is the stratum germinativum?
This cell produces pigment granules that are distributed to the skin cells.
What is a melanocyte?
This is the type of melanin that produces pink pigment.
What is pheomelanin?
This is another name glands found all over the body with openings on the skin's surface through pores; not attached to hair follicles; secretions do not produce an offensive odor.
What are eccrine glands?
The dermis also goes by this name.
What is derma, corium, cutis or true skin?
In this layer, the skin cells become spiky with appendages called desmosomes that allow for intercellular communication.
What is the stratum spinosum?
This is an epidermal cell composed of keratin, lipids, and other proteins?
What is a keratinocyte?
This is the enzyme that stimulates the production of melanocytes and thus producing melanin.
What is tyrosinase?
These nerves send information to the Central Nervous System in reaction to heat, cold, pressure, pain, and touch.
What are sensory or afferent nerves?
This protein fiber found in the dermis that gives the skin its stretch.
What is elastin?
This layer is known for its translucent cells.
What is the stratum lucidum?
This is a guard cell that protects the body from pathogens.
Also known as burning rays; this type of radiation causes burning of the skin as well as tanning, skin aging and cancer.
What UVB radiation?
What are apocrine glands?
The name for the part of the skin where dermis meets the epidermis. State Boards often consider this the boundary that estheticians cannot cross.
What is the dermal-epidermal junction?
This is the top layer of the skin where desquamation takes place.
What is the stratum corneum?
This is a type of lymphocyte identify molecules that have foreign peptides; help regulate immune responses
What is a T cell?
This is an external factor that triggers the skin to darken to protect the body from damage.
What is UV exposure?
These nerves are attached to the sweat and oil glands and influence their activity.
What are secretory nerves?
What are dermal papillae?
The production of keratin and intercellular lipids takes place in this layer.
What is the stratum granulosum?
This is the division of cells that creates two identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
This is a spherical structure that carries pigment granules.
What is a melanosome?
These nerve fibers convey impulses from the brain or spinal cord to muscles or glands; stimulate arrector pili muscles
What are Motor or efferent?