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Secrete Oil

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Sebaceous Glands

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Secretion Released into Hair Follicle

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Sebaceous Glands, Apocrine Glands

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Absent from Palms and Soles

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Sebaceous Glands

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Located in Dermis

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Sebaceous Glands, Merocrine Glands, Apocrine Glands

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Secrete Sweat

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Merocrine Glands, Apocrine Glands

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Secretion Released on Skin Surface

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Merocrine Glands

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Abundant on forehead, neck and back

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Merocrine Glands

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Secrete in response to increased body temperature

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Merocrine Glands

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Most numerous in Groin and Axillary Region

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Apocrine Glands

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Secrete in response to pain, fear and arousal

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Apocrine Glands

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Skin can take on a yellow tint due to liver malfunction. This yellowish tone is called

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Jaundice

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When blood oxygen is low, hemoglobin is dark red, and the skin will have a bluish tint. This is called

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Cyanosis

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Vasoconstriction of blood vessels in the dermis of the skin is a response to a(n) ______ in body temperature.

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Decrease

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What is the response of the blood vessels of the dermis to an increase in body temperature

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Vasodilation

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Secrete an oily secretion

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Sebaceous Glands

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Secrete Sebum

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Sebaceous Glands

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Holocrine Glands

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Sebaceous Glands

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18
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Respond During Emotional Stress

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Sebaceous Glands

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Secrete a watery secretion

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Sweat Glands

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Some are merocrine; some are apocrine

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Sweat Glands

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21
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Ducts to surface of skin

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Sweat Glands

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22
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Important in Temperature Regulation

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Sweat Glands

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Name the epidermal layer that is found in thick skin, but absent from thin skin

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Stratum Lucidum

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The ______ are bundles of smooth muscle found within the dermis attached to hair follicles

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Arrector Pilli

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What is Keratinization and where does it occur?
Hardening of cells; occurs in epidermis
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What type of burn involves injury to only the epidermis?
Superficial partial-thickness burn
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List the order of epidermal layers of thick skin from most superficial to deepest
1 - Stratum Corneum 2 - Stratum Lucidum 3 - Stratum Granulosum 4 - Stratum Spinosum 5 - Stratum Basale
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Name the area where hair growth occurs.
Hair bulb
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In what layer of the epidermis are the melanocytes found?
Stratum Basale
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