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Skin
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All Hair is Fair
Potpourri
100
the skin provides this against abrasions and ultraviolet light
What is protection?
100
hair follicles grow out of this layer in skin.
What is the dermis?
100
A yellow pigment found in plants like squash and carrots
What is carotene?
100
The presence of this is common to all mammals.
What is hair?
100
Often confused with carotene, this protein is created during the process of keratinization.
What is keratin?
200
This vitamin is produced when exposed to ultraviolet light and the skin produces a molecule that transforms into a vitamin
What is vitamin D?
200
this layer is directly superficial to the dermis.
What is the epidermis?
200
A bluish color produced by a decrease in blood oxygen content
What is cyanosis?
200
this part of hair protrudes above the surface of the skin.
What is the shaft?
200
the deepest stratum.
What is stratum basale?
300
This is the entire outer most level of body protection against abrasions and harmful substances.
What is the skin?
300
Sweat glands are located in these two main layers of the skin.
What are the dermis and the epidermis?
300
A cone shaped structure formed by the thickening of the stratum corneum.
What is a corn?
300
The part of hair that extends deep into the dermis is called this
What is a hair follicle?
300
one word term for stretch marks
What is striae?
400
This is a function that refers to sweat and waste products being lost through the skin
What is excretion?
400
these two types of blood vessels are located in the dermis.
What are veins and arteries?
400
A thickened area of skin often caused by repetition of specifically located friction due to constant participation in a certain movement or process.
What is a callus?
400
These parts of a human's body never grow hair.
What are the palms and soles of the feet.
400
This part of melanocytes package melanin into vesicles called melanosomes.
What is the golgi apparatus (golgi body)?
500
these are the five main functions of the integumentary system
What are excretion, vitamin D production, Temperature regulation, protection, and sensation?
500
This type of connective tissue is located in the hypodermis.
What is adipose tissue?
500
When more collagen fibers are oriented in some directions more so than others, they produce this "C" word
What is cleavage?
500
The main alternate name for hair, that is common but doesn't really grow on people.
What is fur?
500
If you are located in the dermis and not related to hair, not a blood vessel, and not a gland or a nerve, you are this.
What is arrector pili (smooth muscle)?