Skin Layers
Outermost Layer of the skin
Epidermis
Medical term meaning sweat-producing
Sudoriferous
Structure that produces hair
hair follicle
Treatment often required for severe burns
Skin graft
Medical term for sweating
Diaphoresis
Skin layer with blood vessels and nerves
dermis
Glands that produce earwax
Ceruminous glands
Medical term for hair loss
alopecia
Burn that may not be painful due to nerve damage
3rd degree burn
Yellowing of skin due to liver disease
Jaundice
Bottom layer containing adipose tissue
Subcutaneous Layer
Sweat glands active at puberty
apocrine glands
Protein that makes up hair and nails
Keratin
Burn extending into subcutaneous tissue
3rd degree burn
Pale or white skin from decreased blood flow
pallor
Layer where injections are commonly given
Subcutaneous
Sweat glands that cool the body
eccrine glands
Blood Vessels that nourish hair follicles
Capillaries
Burn characterised by blisters
2nd degree burn
Red Blood cell-related cause of skin redness
increased blood flow
Skin layer that receives nutrients by diffusion
epidermis
Oil producing glands of the skin
Sebaceous glands
Visible portion of hair above the skin
Shaft
Burn affection only the epidermis
1st degree burn
Skin graft using patients own skin
autograft