The Skin and Hypodermis
Two layers of the skin
What are the epidermis and dermis
Production of keratin
What are keratinocytes
these structures supply the dermis
What are blood vessels and nerves
Another name for the hypodermis
What is superficial fascia
Pigments that contribute to skin color
What are melanin, carotene, and hemoglobin
Lies deep to dermis
What is the hypodermis
Located in the basal layer
What are melanocytes and Merkel cells
constitutes 80% of the dermis
what is the reticular layer
Function of hypodermis
What is the insulate the body and anchor the skin
layers of the hair
What are the medulla, cortex, and cuticle
in the hypodermis and associated with nerve endings
What are sensory receptors
Located in the stratum spinosum
What are keratinocytes and langerhans cell
included in the papillary layer
What are dermal papillae
Types of connective tissue in the hypodermis
What are areolar and adipose tissue
Knot of sensory nerves around the hair bulb
What is the root plexus
Function of the skin and hypodermis
What is to cushion and insulate deeper organs, and to protect the body
Attached to sensory nerves
What are Merkel cells
the type of connective tissue that makes up the reticular layer
superficial to the hypodermis
What is the dermis
Most numerous type of sweat glands
What are eccrine gland
System that the skin acts like
Layers of the epidermis from superficial to deep
What are the stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale
Caused by the attachment of the dermis to the underlying structures
What are flexure lines
T/F part of the integument
What is false
Location where sebaceous glands are not located
What are palms and soles