Layers of the Skin
This is the outer epithelial layer of the skin composed of keratinized stratified squamous epithelium.
What is the epidermis?
This oxygen-binding protein in red blood cells contributes a bright red color to the skin when bound to oxygen.
What is hemoglobin?
These sweat glands are the most numerous and play a major role in thermoregulation.
What are merocrine (eccrine) sweat glands?
This is the body's normal response to injury or stress?
What is inflammation?
These biological catalysts accelerate chemical reactions.
What are enzymes?
This dermal layer is composed of areolar connective tissue and contains dermal papillae.
What is the papillary layer?
This pigment, produced by melanocytes, absorbs UV light and shields nuclear DNA.
What is melanin?
This oily secretion produced by sebaceous glands lubricates skin and hair.
What is sebum?
This type of burn involves the epidermis and part of the dermis and often results in blistering.
What is a second-degree burn?
This region of an enzyme binds a specific substrate and determines enzyme specificity.
What is active site?
This epidermal layer is found only in thick skin and is 2–3 cell layers thick.
What is the stratum lucidum?
This condition occurs when melanocytes are unable to produce melanin.
What is albinism?
These modified apocrine sweat glands are located only in the external ear canal and produce cerumen.
What are ceruminous glands?
This method is used to estimate the percentage of body surface area affected by burns.
What is the rule of nines?
This collective term refers to all synthesis reactions in the body.
What is anabolism?