Epidermis
Dermis/Hypodermis
Skin Diseases
Hair & Nails
Miscellaneous
100
Creates skin pigment

What is melanin?

100

Bring oxygen and nutrients to all skin layers

What are blood vessels?
100

Caused by clogged pores and bacteria

What is acne?

100
Organ that hair grows from

What is the hair follicle?

100

Color of skin of people typically located in sunnier areas

What is darker?

200

Type of burn that only affects epidermis

What is first degree?

200

Parts of the dermis that sense pain, pressure, temperature, and touch

What are nerves?
200

Can be caused by an excess of UV radiation affecting the skin

What is skin cancer?

200

Allows hair to feel sensations

What is a nerve?

200
Release water and electrolytes onto skin's surface

What is a sweat gland?

300

Means there are no blood vessels

What is avascular?

300
Layer through which nutrients diffuse into the epidermis; creates fingerprint pattern

What is the papillary layer?

300
Third degree burns affect this layer

What is the hypodermis?

300
Protein found in hair, skin, and nails

What is keratin?

300
Official name for oil gland

What is sebaceous gland?

400
Specific type of tissue found in the epidermis

What is simple squamous epithelium?

400
Layer containing elastic tissue that allows for dermal stretching

What is the reticular layer?

400
One type of medicine given to protect from infection in burns

What are antibiotics?

400

Muscle responsible for moving hair

What is the arrector pili?

400

Official name for fat 

What is adipose tissue?

500
Anchoring layer beneath all epithelial tissues

What is the basement membrane?

500

Signature symptom that only occurs in second-degree burns

What are blisters?

500

People with epidermolysis bullosa have a genetic mutation affecting this protein

What is collagen?

500

Name for fastest growing area on nails

What is the lunula?

500
Nutrient needed for embryonic growth that can be broken down by UV light

What is folate?

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