Small amounts of waste products lost through the skin and in gland secretions
What is Excretion
100
The most superficial layer of skin
What is the epidermis
100
Shafts or columns of dead, keratinized epithelial cells
What is hair
100
This function of sweat cools the body
What is evaporation
100
Inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands
What is acne
200
What vitamin is synthesized when the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light?
What is Vitamin D
200
The layer of skin composed of dense collagenous connective tissue containing fibroblasts, fat cells, and macrophages
What is the dermis
200
Sebaceous glands produce this oily substance which oils the hair and surface of the skin
What is sebum
200
This chemical absorbs ultraviolet light and protects underlying structures from damage
What is Melanin
200
Injury to the skin usually caused by cold, heat, chemicals, friction, electricity, or radiation
What is a burn
300
The ability of the skin to detect heat, cold, touch, pressure, and pain.
What is sensation
300
The structures responsible for skin color
What is melanocyte
300
This matrix produces a protective layer of stratum corneum cells that protect the ends of the phalanges
What is nail
300
Through dilation and constriction of blood vessels, the skin controls ________ ________ from the body
What is heat loss
300
The most common and least dangerous type of skin cancer
What is basal cell carcinoma
400
Prevention of dehydration and water loss, prevention of microorganisms from entering the body
What is Protection
400
the hardening of cells as they move from deeper tissue to superficial tissue causing the cells to change shape and chemical composition, otherwise known as stratum basale cells becoming stratum corneum cells
What is keratinization
400
Contraction of this muscle causes the hairs to "stand on end"
What is arrector pili
400
This tissue protects underlying structures against
What is abrasion
400
A method to determine the amount of area burned
What is the "rule of nines"
500
Both sweat glands and blood flow help regulate this
What is body temperature regulation
500
Loose connective tissue that attaches skin to underlying tissue
What is the hypodermis
500
The type of glands that produce sweat
What is Eccrine
500
These structures in the skin detect light touch and superficial pressure
What is a Merkel disc
500
A fungal infection that produces patchy scaling and an inflammatory response in the skin