Can you hear me now
The Largest Organ
Skin
produces hair
hair follicle
Most common type of sweat gland
eccrine
Muscle that pulls hair upright
arrector pili muscle
Where the receptors and glands kept
dermis
receptor that detects touch
Meissner's corpuscle
Part of hair that is found beneath the skin’s surface
hair root
Eccrine is found where?
All over the body
Another name for subcutaneous fat
Hypodermis
Anchors skin to underlying organs
hypodermis
detects pain
Nociceptors
Epithelial membrane that makes up the skin
Cutaneous
Opening of sweat duct on skin’s surface
pore
Stratum that produces new cells for the epidermis
basale
Superficial layer of skin
epidermis
Receptor that detects deep pressure
Ruffinian
Avascular tissue
Epithelial/Epidermis
Stress sweat gland that produces body odor
apocrine gland
Substance that makes cells tough and water-resistant
keratin
Layer of Epidermis that starts producing Keratin
Stratum Granulosum
Type of epidermal layer only found in palms of hands and soles of feet
Stratum Lucidum
A Dermatome
Area of skin controlled by one nerve
Produced by sebaceous glands
sebum= oil
Produces pigment that determines our skin color
melanocytes
5 layers of the Epidermis
Basale, Spinosum, Granulosum, Lucidum and Corneum