Skin Is In
This is the outermost and thinnest layer of the skin made up of five layers.
What is the epidermis?
This tiny pigment is produced by melanocytes and gives skin its color.
What is melanin?
This fibrous protein gives skin strength and structure.
What is collagen?
These oil glands are connected to hair follicles and secrete sebum.
What are sebaceous glands?
These cone-shaped structures at the base of the follicle supply nutrients for hair growth.
What are hair papillae?
This is the underlying or inner layer of the skin, also known as true skin.
What is the dermis?
This type of melanin is dark brown to black in color.
What is eumelanin?
This protein forms elastic tissue and allows skin to stretch.
What is elastin?
This oily substance lubricates the skin and keeps hair soft.
What is sebum?
These ridges and grooves attach the epidermis to the dermis.
What are dermal papillae?
This is the outermost layer of the epidermis?
What is the stratum corneum?
This type of melanin is red to yellow in color.
What is pheomelanin?
This fibrous protein is the main component of skin, hair, and nails.
What is keratin?
These glands excrete perspiration and help detoxify the body.
What are sudoriferous glands?
This is the area where the papillary layer joins the epidermis.
What is the dermal-epidermal junction?
This clear, transparent layer is found just under the stratum corneum.
What is the stratum lucidum?
These cells produce the pigment melanin.
What are melanocytes?
This sunscreen protects against both UVA and UVB rays.
What is broad-spectrum sunscreen?
This is the coiled base of the sweat gland.
What is the secretory coil?
This fatty tissue beneath the dermis gives contour and acts as a cushion.
What is subcutaneous tissue?
This deeper dermis layer supplies the skin with oxygen and nutrients.
What is the reticular layer?
This lipid complex keeps skin moist and protects against irritants.
What is barrier function?
This medical branch studies the skin, its structure, diseases, and treatment.
What is dermatology?
What is another name for the sudoriferous glands?
What are sweat glands.
These nerve fibers carry impulses from the brain to muscles attached to hair follicles.
What are motor nerve fibers?