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Skin
Epidermis
Dermis
Accessory Organs of the Skin
Pathology
100
Protection, Water Balance, Temperature Regulation, Waste Disposal, Receptor Organs, Blood Reservoir, Vitamin D Production
What are the functions of the skin?
100
This is the bottom layer of the epidermis and consists of the only actively-dividing cells.
What is stratum basale?
100
The part of the dermis is the lower 80% of the layer
What is the reticular layer?
100
The part of the hair implanted in the skin
What is the root?
100
This rule is used to detemine the seriousness of burns.
What is the Rule of Nines?
200
The most superficial layers of the skin make up this.
What is the epidermis?
200
The outermost layer of the epidermis. Composed of mostly dead keratinocytes.
What is stratum corneum?
200
These sebum-secreting glands are generally associated with hair follicles.
What are sebaceous glands?
200
This part is the part of the skin that projects over the surface of the nail.
What is the cuticle?
200
Bacterial infection of the sebaceous gland resulting in pimples.
What is acne vulgaris?
300
This part of the skn is composed mainly of dense irregular connective tissue, only partly vascularized.
What is the dermis?
300
The clear layer of the epidermis that is absent on thin skin and is present only on the soles of feet and the palms of hands
What is stratum lucidum?
300
The layer of the dermis that connects epidermis to dermis
What is the papillary layer?
300
This is the small 'half-moon' under the proximal part of the nail surface.
What is the lunula?
300
These are the three dangers of severe burns.
What are dehydration, electolyte imbalance, and shock?
400
Superficial fascia, mostly fat, anchors skin to underlying structures
What is the subcutaneous layer or hypodermis?
400
The layer of the epidermis that slows water loss from body; identified by small dark spots of keratin in cells.
What is the stratum granulosum?
400
See picture: http://www.pathguy.com/histo/077.jpg
What is a sudoriferous gland?
400
This is the name for the core of the hair.
What is the medulla?
400
The most common type of cancer, caused by neoplasm formation in the lowest layer of the epidermis.
What is basal cell carcinoma?
500
These three pigments / factors contribute to the color of the skin.
What are hemoglobin, melanin, and carotene?
500
These are all the layers of the epidermis from superficial to deep in thick skin.
What are strata corneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, and basale?
500
This organ located at the base of a hair follicle makes hair stand on end to conserve heat.
What is the arrector pili muscle?
500
These are the two main skin sensors and the two layers of the integument they are found in.
What are Meissner's corpuscles in the papillary dermis and Pacinian corpuscles in the reticular dermis?
500
This is what each letter stands for in the ABCD rule for identifying cancer.
What are Asymmetry, Border, Color, and Diameter?