Fun Facts
The thinnest skin is found here
What is the eyelid
The three layers of the skin, bottom up
What are: subcutaneous, dermis, epidermis
Sudoriferous glands help the body do this.
What is regulate the body's temperature?
Intercellular lipids and proteins surround cells and provide this
Skin sheds this many skin cells per minute
What is 30,000
outermost layer of the skin
what is the epidermis
These glands are more active when the body is subjected to physical activity
What are eccrine glands?
Ceramides are
what are a group of waxy lipid molecules such as glycolipids
Scar tissue lacks this
what are hair and sweat glands
Identify the appendages of the skin
What are:
Hair, nails, oil & sweat glands
Excretion of sweat is controlled by this
What is the nervous system?
exfoliation depletes these
what are lipids?
Skin accounts for this percentage of body weight
what is 15%
The two types of nerves
What are motor & sensory
(efferent & afferent)
This is where you find your apocrine glands
what is the underarm & genital area?
What is to keep the skin healthy?
The 3 layers of the skin
what are subcutaneous, dermal, and epidermal
The 5 layers of the epidermis, (top to bottom)
- corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, germanitivum
What is all over, primarily the forehead, palms of hands, and soles of feet
The cells of these organs needs to be replaced every 6 to 9 months
what is the skin, heart, liver, and kidneys?