Epidermis
The pigment produced by your skin that protects you from UV radiation.
What is melanin?
This part of the dermis causes your fingerprints.
What is a layer of dermal papillae?
This is another name for the hypodermis.
What is the subcutaneous layer?
This type of merocrine sudoriferous gland is found on most parts of the body.
What is an eccrine gland?
Hair is formed at this location.
What is the hair bulb?
This epidermal layer is made of cells that are constantly dividing.
What is the stratum basale?
The arrangement of what in the dermis forms lines of cleavage?
What is collagen?
The hypodermis is primarily composed of this.
What is loose, fatty connective tissue?
The glands that secrete their products near hairs are known as this.
What are sebaceous glands?
Your nails originate at this point.
What is the nail matrix?
This epidermal layer is constantly being shed during your daily activities.
What is the stratum corneum?
This layer of the dermis is made of loose connective tissue.
What is the papillary layer?
This is the primary function of the hypodermis.
What is the attachment of skin to muscle and/or bone?
Sweat is made up of 99% water with trace amounts of salt, nutrients, and an antimicrobial peptide called this.
What is dermcidin?
This is the scientific name for your cuticle.
What is the eponychium?
This epidermal layer is only found in thick skin like that on the palms of your hands.
What is the stratum lucidum?
This layer of the dermis is made of densely-packed fibrous tissue.
What is the reticular layer?
These two functions are secondary functions of the hypodermis.
What is insulating and storing nutrients?
The sudoriferous glands found primarily in the armpits and groin responsible for body odor are known as this.
What are apocrine glands?
This protein is the primary component of both hair and nails.
What is keratin?
What is the order of the layers of the epidermis of thick skin from superficial to deep?
What is: stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, then stratum basale.
During physical activity, blood vessels in the dermis do this in order to cool the body.
What is swell?
The hypodermis, or subcutaneous layer is not actually part of this.
What is the skin?
Sebaceous glands are this type of gland - meaning that they are whole burst cells.
What are holocrine glands?
These are the tiny muscles responsible for making your hair stand on end.
What are the arrector pili?