Appendages of the Skin
Body Membranes
Homeostatic Imbalance
Skin Color
Structure of the Skin
100
The two categories of glands that make up the cutaneous glands.
What are the sebacious and sweat glands?
100
The two major categories of body membranes
What is the epithelial membrane and connective tissue membrane?
100
An itchy, red peeling condition of the skin between the toes.
What is athletes foot
100
The pigment responsible for skin color
What is melanin?
100
This is the most superficial tissue of the skin
What is the epidermis?
200
This appendage of the skin is found only on the fingers and toes.
What are nails?
200
This membrane is always wet and moist and bathed in secretions.
What is the mucous membrane?
200
A condition when tumors arise on the skin.
What is skin cancer?
200
Eating carrots and other orange rich foods causes this pigment to increase in the skin.
What is carotene?
200
This tissue layer is made mostly of dense connective tissue.
What is the dermis
300
This appendage of the skin is found scattered throughout the body.
What is hair?
300
This membrane is dry and exposed to air
What is the cutaneous membrane
300
Tissue damage and cell death caused by intense heat
What is a burn?
300
This element is resbonsible for the rich red color of blood.
What is oxygen?
300
The deepest cell layer of the epidermis
What is the stratum basale
400
Small band of smooth muscle cells connected to each side of a hair follicle
What is arrector pili?
400
This membrane lines body cavities that are closed to the exterior
What is the serous membrane
400
Small fluid filled blisters that itch and sting
What is a cold sore?
400
The color of a person who produces a lot of melanin.
What is brown-toned skin.
400
This tissue is found deep to the dermis
What is subcutaneous tissue
500
These sweat glands are only found in the axillary and genital areas.
What are the apocrine glands?
500
The name of the membrane surrounding th lung.
What is the pleura
500
In this burn only the epidermis is damaged?
What is a first degree burn.
500
People who produce little melanin appear this way
What is light skinned
500
The most superficial cell layer of the epidermis
What is the stratum corneum?
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