Skin I
The doctor that focuses on diseases of the skin, hair and nails.
Dermatologist
What is released from the pores of the skin?
Sweat
What are the sensory receptors in the skin called that detect pain, pressure and temperature?
Nerve endings
The prefix derm means?
Skin
The suffix "ology" means
Study of
When it contracts, pulls the hair in a upright position and is often in response to cold or emotional stimuli?
Erector pili muscle?
What does a 3rd degree burn look like?
Could be black and charred, or white and dry in color. It has burned into the hypodermis. Normally very little pain.
The pigment of your skin that gives you color and protects you from the UV radiation from the sun.
Melanin
What layer of the skin do you find the nerve endings?
Dermis
Explain a 1st degree burn. (Name 2 things)
Red, looks like a sunburn, swollen and burns into the first layer of skin only.
List the 3 layers of skin from outermost to innermost.
Epidermis
Dermis
Hypodermis
The condition that causes the immune system to attack the fair follicles, which results in the loss of hair on the body.
Alopecia
Give me two facts about a 2nd degree burn.
Burns into the dermis, blisters, looks red, shiny, more painful than the other burns.
A skin disorder that causes a lack of melanin in patches.
Vitiligo
This layer of skin contains fat.
Hypodermis layer
What are the 2 things that capillaries carry through the bloodstream to all of the cells?
Nutrients and oxygen
Name 2 functions of the skin.
Protection, body temperature regulation, sensation, remove waste, maintain water levels, make Vitamin D
Name 2 structures you would find in the dermis.
Capillaries, nerve endings, hair follicle, sweat glands
What is another name for the hypodermis layer?
Subcutaneous tissue?
This layer of skin is shed every 27-30 days.
Epidermis
The chronic long term skin condition that makes your skin red, itchy, and becomes scaly in patches.
Psoriasis
What system makes up the skin, hair and nails?
Integumentary system
What secretes oil to moisturize your skin?
Sebaceous gland
This is the largest organ in the body.
Skin