Skin Layers
Skin Structures
Burns
Skin Cancer
Skin Color
100
The Dermis
What is a layer of dense connective tissue that makes up the skin along with the epidermis.
100
Hair
What is a common mammal characteristic that covers most of the body surface?
100
When some part of the stratum basale remains viable and the regeneration of the epidermis occurs.
What is a partial thickness burn?
100
The most frequent type of skin cancer that extends into the dermis to produce an open ulcer.
What is basal cell carcinoma?
100

The thing that determines skin color.

What is skin pigment?

200
Epidermis
What is the epithelial layer that lays across the dermis.
200
Muscles associated with each hair follicle.
What is the arrector pili?
200
The affect caused by brief exposure to very hot or cold objects causing intense pain and quick healing.
What is a first degree burn?
200
Skin cancer that undergo's little or no cell division and is superficial to the stratum basale.
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
200

The term used to describe a group of pigments the make up skin, hair and eye color.

What is melanin?

300
The Hypodermis
What is the material that connects the skin to the underlying bone and muscles.
300
Sebaceous Glands
What are simple branched acinar glands.
300
A burn that creates pain, redness and blisters but no scarring.
What is a second degree burn?
300
The most rare and most deadly form of cancer.
What is Malignant melanoma?
300

The material that makes up melanin.

What are melanocytes?

400
Cleavage or Tension
What is the skins resistance to stretching due to collagen fibers oriented in some directions more than others?
400
Hair Follicle
What is an extension of the epidermis that goes deep into the dermis and is a main contributor in tissue repair.
400
A burn that completely destroys the dermis.
What is a third degree burn.
400
Operations that cure basale cell carcinoma.
What is surgical removal and radiation therapy?
400

The affect of the absence of melanin.

What is albinism?

500
Striae
What is another name for stretch marks from pregnancy.
500
Apocrine Sweat Glands
What is the type of sweat gland that produces thick secretion of rich organic substances.
500
Swelling of the skin.
What is edema?
500
For the cancer cells to spread to other areas.
What is it to metastasize?
500
A bluish color in the skin caused by a decrease in blood oxygen.
What is cynosis?
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