Functions of The Skin
The six primary functions of the skin
What is Sensation, Protection, Heat Regulation, Excretion, Secretion, and Absorption?
The pigment that protects us from the sun
What is melanin?
The dermis contains __ types of duct glands
What is two?
Linked to premature aging and wrinkling of the skin
What is smoking and tabacco use?
Five Layers of the epidermis
What is stratum granulosum, spinosum, germinativum, lucidum, and corneum?
An oily substance that protects the surface of the skin
What is sebum
What are melanocytes?
Connected to the hair follicles and produce oil
What are sebaceous glands?
H.R.T.
What is hormone replacement therapy?
The outermost layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
The skin is approxiamtely ___ % to __ % water
What is 50/70?
An external factor influencing melanin production
What is sun exposure
Help regulate body temp and eliminates minute amounts of waste products by excreting sweat
What are sudoriferous glands?
The two fluids that nourish the skin
Composed of keratin, compromise 95 percent of the epidermis. These cells contain both proteins and lipids.
What are keratinocytes?
When we are cold, these muscles attach to the hair follicles, contract and cause goosebumps
What are arrector pili muscles?
The body produces two types of melanin
What is pheomelanin ( red to yellow )
What is eumelanin ( dark brown to black )
Their secretions are released through the oil glands
What are apocrine glands
Skin health is influenced by 6 factors
What is hereditary, sun exposure, the environment, health habits, nutrition, and general lifestyle?
Esthetician's scope of practice
What is the epidermis
The 3 primary routes for skin absorption
What is intracellular route, transappendageal route, and intercellular route?
Transferred to cells from melanosomes through dendrite branches
What is melanin
The chemicals that aporine glands produce and trigger biological reactions
What are pheromones?
Describe the difference between UVA and UVB wavelengths.
What is aging rays? What is burning rays?
Clarify the process of skin melanization
What are Melanocytes are cells that produce pigment granules, called melanosomes. Melanocytes are stimulated to produce melanin ozone's by the enzyme tyrosinase. Melanosomes carry and produce the protein called melanin?