Hair
This shape shares the name of the structure and is located at the lower end of the follicle in the dermis
Bulb
This area of the nail covers the nail bed
Nail Body
Opening where sweat is secreted onto the skin
Pore
This accessory structure is to help protect the body and maintain body temperature
Hair
If the hair follicle is round the type of hair will be
Straight
This is the area of the nail you cut, chew or tear off
The main function of oil glands are what
prevent drying of the skin and hair
Genetics
If the hair follicle is wider this creates what type of hair
Thicker
The white half moon part at the base of the nail
Lunula
You are born with 2 types of glands but 1 gland is not activated until puberty, what gland is it
Appocrine gland
This structure helps with grasping objects and scratching
The part of the hair that is above the skin
Hair Shaft
This area is hidden under the skin. Made of special cells whose main job is to make new nails
Nail Matrix
This gland is located near the hair follicles in the armpits and pubic area.
Appocrine gland
250,000
If the hair follicle is narrow then the hair will be what
thinner
This area is beneath the nail body. It contains nerves and blood vessels.
Nail Bed
This gland produce a mixture of fats and proteins
Sabaceous oil glands
What type of glands do we not have on our hand or feet
oil glands
This tube like structure surrounds the root and the strand of hair
Hair follicle
Nails are made out of what
Keratin
The mixture of fats and protein secreated by the oil gland is called what
Sebum
What makes up sweat
Water, salt and waste material
Located at the base of the hair bulb this supplies blood and nutrients to the growing hair follicle
Hair papilla
This gland has a pore separate from the hair follicle
Eccrine gland
Why does the sweat from the appocrine gland create body odor
Sweat from the appocrine gland has protein compounds. When that is mixed with the bacteria on the skin it creates body odor
What portion of the body has more oil glands
Scalp, Face and upper body
What controls the amount of sebum secreted
Hormones