Skin Structure
What is the largest organ of the body?
What is the skin?
What vitamin does the skin help synthesize when exposed to sunlight?
What is vitamin D?
What is the most superficial layer of the epidermis?
What is the stratum corneum?
What is the term for oil-producing glands in the skin?
What are sebaceous glands?
What is the medical term for a scrape or abrasion?
What is an excoriation?
Which layer of the skin is made primarily of keratinized stratified squamous epithelium?
What is the epidermis?
Name one function of sweat glands besides cooling the body.
What is excreting waste products or maintaining salt balance?
Which pigment gives skin its color and protects against UV radiation?
What is melanin?
What structure is responsible for hair growth?
What is the hair follicle?
What is the most common type of skin cancer?
What is basal cell carcinoma?
What lies beneath the dermis and connects the skin to underlying tissues?
What is the hypodermis (or subcutaneous layer)?
Which cells in the epidermis provide immune defense?
What are Langerhans cells (or dendritic cells)?
Name the cells in the epidermis responsible for producing keratin.
What are keratinocytes?
Which glands produce sweat for thermoregulation?
What are eccrine sweat glands?
What degree of burn damages both the epidermis and dermis?
What is a second-degree burn?
Name the two main layers of the dermis.
What are the papillary layer and reticular layer?
What function of the skin is responsible for detecting touch, temperature, and pain?
What is sensory reception?
Which part of the dermis contains capillaries and tactile receptors?
What is the papillary layer?
What type of sweat gland becomes active during puberty and is associated with body odor?
Name the protein that forms scar tissue.
What is collagen?
What protein provides waterproofing to the skin?
What is keratin?
How does the skin contribute to thermoregulation?
What are sweat production and vasodilation/vasoconstriction?
What is the deepest layer of the epidermis where cell division occurs?
What is the stratum basale?
What is the tough, protective protein found in nails?
What is keratin?
What autoimmune disorder causes the immune system to attack melanocytes, resulting in white patches on the skin?
What is vitiligo?