Appendages of skin
What is an appendage of the skin?
what is hair follicle or nails
What are nerves?
What is cordlike bundles of fibers made up of neurons. Nerves form a network of pathways for conducting information throughout the body.
What do sebaceous glands secrete?
What is oil
What are pores?
What are coiled based duct opening at the surface of the skin
What are apocrine glands?
What are coiled structures attached to the hair follicles
Why is it important for esthetician's to understand a hair follicle
what is treatments such as body waxing, sugaring, and brow shaping
What are the 2 types of nerves?
What is motor (efferent) and sensory (afferent)
What do sudoriferous glands excrete?
What is sweat?
how much fluid is eliminated through sweat pores in the skin
what is 1-2 pints(0.5 to 1 liter)
Where are apocrine glands located?
What is under the arms and in the genital area
What are the 2 types of keratin?
What are motor nerves?
Efferent nerve fibers that convey impulses from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles or glands.
Which gland is attached to the hair follicle?
What can result from excess fluid loss?
Which gland produces chemicals known as pheromones?
What is the apocrine gland
What influences hair growth?
What is a sensory (afferent) nerve?
What is nerve fibers that send messages to the central nervous system and brain react to heat, cold, pain, pressure, and touch.
/What happens when the ducts become clogged?
What is open or closed comedones (blackheads or whiteheads)?
What minerals are secreted through sweat pores?
What is magnesium, sodium, and potassium?
Where are eccrine glands located?
What is forehead, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet
What kind of Keratin do nails contain?
What is hard keratin (B-keratin)
What are arrector pilli muscles?
What glands help regulate the body temperature?
What is the sudoriferous gland?
What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
What are apocrine and eccrine glands?
Though eccrine glands are at the soles of the feet, they do not produce an offensive odor, what causes the bad smell?
What is bacteria