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Functions
Epidermis
Dermis
Hypodermis
Appendages, etc.
100
It provides protection from chemicals, heat, cold and bacteria.
What is the skin?
100
It is a type of cell that is attached to nerves and allows you to sense the environment.
What are Merkel cells?
100
Ridges of the dermis that could be likened to an egg carton.
What are dermal papillae?
100
The hypodermis lies just deep to it.
What is dermis?
100
I am the pigment which, if present in large amounts, will cover the other pigments.
What is melanin?
200
The component of dermis that plays a critical role in temperature regulation.
What are the blood vessels of the dermis?
200
It is the clear layer of epidermis only present in certain parts of the body.
What is Stratum lucidum?
200
It is a network of fibers that provide strength a resilience to the dermis.
What is the reticular layer?
200
They are also known as "fat cells."
What are adipose cells?
200
It is another name for oil gland?
What is a sebaceous gland?
300
It is a type of fiber that provides strength and resilience to the dermis.
What is collagen?
300
It is a type of cell that plays a role in immune response by "eating" bacteria and other pathogens.
What are Langerhans cells?
300
Dermis is the receptive site for it.
What is the pigment of tatoos?
300
It is another two word name for hypodermis.
What is superficial fascia?
300
They are both made of keratin.
What are hair and nails?
400
Without them, your joints would not be able to move freely.
What are flexion creases?
400
It is the most superficial layer of epidermis.
What is Stratum corneum?
400
They are formed by dermal papillae pushing up through dermal ridges
What are fingerprints, palmprints and footprints?
400
In these types of people, hypodermis is larger at the abdomen.
What are males?
400
All appendages are derived from it.
What is epidermis?
500
It stores energy from food and keeps skin attached to muscles.
What is a function of the hypodermis?
500
It is the type of tissue that epidermis is made from.
What is epithelial tissue?
500
If a surgeon cuts through them perpendicularly, the patient will not be able to heal as well.
What are tension lines?
500
This type of burn can destroy part of the hypodermis.
What is a third degree burn?
500
The function is to release a watery substance onto the skin so that the heat from your body escapes with the evaporation.
What is the function of sudoiferous glands?