Come
Lets
Get
Sunburned
George
100
How many layers does the skin have?
3
100
Does the epidermal cells have blood supply from capillaries
No
100
Keratinocytes are pigment producing cells and give skin it's color.
False/ Melanocytes
100
Approximately 90% of epidermal cells produce and contain keratin
True
100
The Merkel cells sythesize Vitamin D with exposure to the sun.
False / Keratinocytes
200
The dermis is made up of which type of tissue and its cells
connective
200
What determines the elasticity, strength, consistency and texture of the skin
elastin, collagen, water
200
These cells are found mostly in our fingers and toes, lips, and are in close contact with sensory nerves.
Merkel
200
The name of the muscle in the skin that is attached to hair shafts.
Arrector pilli
200
This cell is responsible for producing pigment; giving color to the skin
Melanocyte
300
This layer is only present in thick skin, found in the palms of hands and soles of feet
Lucidum
300
This layer of Keratinocytes contain Langerhans cells for immune protection against pathogens, cancer, and appears spiny under a microscope
spinosum
300
This layer is named for the microscopic granules that release a lipid secretion and makes the skin water proof
Granulosum
300
This layer continually undergoes mitosis, reproduces rapidly, is directly attached to the basement membrane and serves to replace cells that are damaged or flake off
germinatavum
300
This layer is made of 20-30 layers of dead, keratinized cells, forms a protective superficial layer.
corneum
400
The water content helps maintain the flexible and resilient properties of the skin
Skin turgor
400
Pattern of collagen and elastic fiber bundles established in the dermis that follows the lines of tension in the skin
lines of cleavage
400
Area of skin supplied by the nerves from a particular spinal segment
Dermatome
400
fingerprint projections are found in which layer
papillary of dermis
400
Another name for keratinization
cornification
500
#1
epidermis
500
#3
hypodermis
500
#13
hair follicle
500
#9
Sebacceous gland
500
#11
Sweat glands