Skin Theory
The study of the skin, its structure, functions, diseases and treatment.
What is dermatology?
Feelings generated by tactile nerve endings just under the outer layer of the skin make you aware of heat, cold, touch, pain and pressure.
What is Sensation?
Also called the cuticle or scarf
What is the epidermis?
This skin layer contains melanocytes
What is the Stratum Basale?
The process of cleansing, toning, moisturizing, protecting, and enhancing the skin.
What is an esthetics?
The skin protects the body against blows and falls and direct impact of the cold and heat through the fat cells in the subcutaneous tissue.
What is protection?
Called hypodermis, adipose, or subcutis.
What is subcutaneous?
The suffix cyto refers to
What is cell?
The largest organ of the body.
What is skin?
The skin eliminates sweat, salt and wastes from the body, helping to remove toxins from the internal systems and regulate temperature.
What is Excretion?
Known also as the corium, cutis, or true skin.
What is the dermis?
The layer of the skin that absorbs melanin
What if the stratum spinosum?
The system made up of the skin and its layers.
The integumentary system
The skin permits certain substances like water and oxygen to pass through it tissues.
What is absorption?
Also known as the Stratum Germinativum
What is the Stratum Basale
The average adult skin span this distance.
What is 21 square feet?
The skin secretes sebum, a complex mixture of fatty substances that keeps it soft, supple and pliable.
What is Secretion?
contains hardened "cornified" cells
What is the Stratum Corneum?