Skin Functions
Skin's primary function
What is protection?
the number of layers of epidermis there are in the entire body except palms of hands and soles of feet
What is 4 Layers?
one function of the hair
protection, insulation, sensory detection
A sunburn
What is a 1st degree burn?
True or False: Identical twin have the same fingerprints.
What is false?
where the nails grow from
cuticle
Vitamin that the skin needs uv radiation to synthesize
What is Vitamin D
bottom layer of the epidermis where fingerprints are formed.
What is Stratum Basale
small muscle that causes hair to stand up (goosebumps)
What is the arrector pili?
Most dangerous type of skin cancer
What is melonoma?
layer of the dermis that contains sweat and oil (sebaceous) glands and pressure receptors
What is the reticular layer?
nail body
Deepest layer of the skin used for thermal regulation and made of mainly adipose tissue
What is the Hypodermis?
the clear layer of epidermis; found only in the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet (thick skin)
What is Stratum Luciderm?
part of hair responsible for the texture of hair
Hair follicle
The rule used to determine if spots on the skin are melonoma
ABC Rule
main function of sweat glands
regulate temperature
the protein that makes up the hair and nails
What is keratin?
the living vascular layer of the skin responsible for cell reproduction
What is the dermis
the epidermal layer that contains keratinocytes
What is the Stratum spinosum?
the outermost layer of the hair shaft
What is the cuticle
The main function of melanin
What is UV protection?
main function of the sebaceous glands
The white or light pink crescent shape found at the base of the nail bed.
What is the Lunula?
the nonliving nonvascular protective layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
the exposed layer of the skin that is water resistant
What is the Stratum Corneum?
the core of the hair that allows flexibility
medulla
An 26 year old female patient has burns on the her right arm up to her elbow and has burns of the entirety of her right leg. What percentage of her body burned is__________.
What is 22.5 %
found all over the body, but palms of hands and soles of feet
sebaceous (oil) glands
True or False: the health and appereance of the nail body can tell you if a patient is has other diseases or disorders.
What is true.