Science
The body's largest organ
Skin
Estheticians who specialize in the health and beauty of the skin are often referred to as
Technicians, skin therapists or specialists
Different nerve sensors help us to detect different
Sensations
Causes goosebumps
Arrector pili muscles
Skin is thickest on what parts of the body
Palm of the hands and soles of feet
Known as microscopic anatomy, the study of the structure and composition of tissues
Histology
When skin is slightly moist, soft, smooth and somewhat acidic it is?
Healthy skin
protective barrier made up of sebum, lipids, sweat and water for skins protection forms
Hydrolipidic film
Lubricates both skin and hair
Sebum
Gives skin ability to stretch and is a fibrous protein, forms elastic tissue
Elastin
the study of the functions and activities performed the body structure including physical, chemical processes.
Physiology
Stimulates skin cells to reproduce and heal.
Epidermal growth factor
Transepidermal water loss is caused by evaporation on the skin's surface what is the abbreviation for this term
TEWL
What are the 3 layers of skin
Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue
Protein substance of complex fibers that gives the skin its strength and is necessary for wound healing
Collagen
every minute the body sheds how many dead skin cells
30,000
Proteins and peptides trigger these cells stimulators, and cells to rejuvenate the skin
Fibroblasts
The acid mantle is part of the skins natural
Barrier functions
Known as sweat glands, excrete perspiration.
Sudoriferous glands
known as true skin is the support layer of connective tissues above the hypodermis
Corium cutis
Everyone has the same number of
Melanocytes
The large network consisting of protein fibers and other molecules that gives shape and structure to cells in the body
Intercellular Matrix
Six primary functions of the skin
Protections, sensation, heat regulation, excretion,secrection,absorption
Appendages attached to follicles that produce sebum
Sebaceous glands
Works to maintain and support collagen and elastin in cellular spaces? And what is an ingredient of this?
Glycosaminoglycans and Hyaluronic acid