Lab 3 Flashcards
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WHAT IS THE EPIDERMIS?
SKIN LAYER
WHAT CELL TYPES ARE IN THE EPIDERMIS?
KERATINOCYTES, MELANOCYTES, TACTILE (MERKEL) CELLS, DENDRITIC
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF KERATINOCYTES?
PRODUCE PROTECTIVE HARD, WATERPOOFING PROTEIN, KERATIN
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF MELANTOCYTES?
PRODUCE PROCTECTIVE PIGMENT, MELANIN
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF TACTILE CELLS?
LIGHT TOUCH RECEPTION
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF DENDRITIC CELLS?
SPECIALIZED WHITE BLOOD CELLS THAT ENGLUF AND DIGEST FOREIGN PARTICLES
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF STRATUM CORNEUM
MOST SUPERFICIAL EPIDMERNAL LAYER. MANY LAYERS OF DEAD CELLS CONTINUALLY SHED
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF STRTUM LUCIDUM?
A FEW LAYERS OF DEAD KERATINOCYTES
WHERE IS LUCIDUM NOT FOUND?
NOT FOUND IN THIN SKIN
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF STRATUM GRANULOSUM?
MANY LAYERS OF CELLS. CONTAINS KERATINOCYTES THAT FILL WITH KERATIN AND BEGIN TO DIE
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF STRATUM SPINOSUM?
MANY LAYERS OF CELLS. CONTAIN KERATINOCYTES AND DENDRITIC CELLS
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF STRATUM BASALE?
DEEPEST EPIDERMAL LAYER. SINGLE LAYER OF CELLS. CONTAINS KERATINOCYTES AND MEALNOCYTES
WHAT IS THE DERMIS?
DEEP LAYER OF SKIN
WHAT LAYERS ARE WITHIN THE DERMIS SKIN LAYER?
PAPILLARY LAYER, DERMAL LAYER, RECTICULAR LAYER
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE PAPILLARY LAYER?
SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF DERMIS. MADE OF LOOSE (AREOLAR) CONNECTIVE TISSUE. 20% OF DERMIS
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF DERAL PAPILLAE
PART OF THE PAPILLARY LAYER IN CONTACT IN EPIDERMIS: FINGER LIKE PROJECTIONS (FOLDS) CONTAIN CAPILLARIES, TACTILE, CORPUSCLES, OR FREE NEVE ENDINGS.
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE RETICULAR LAYER
DEEP LAYER OF DERMIS. MADE OF DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITH COLLAGEN, ELASTIC, AND RETICULAR FIBERS TO PROVIDE, STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORT. 80% OF DERMIS
WHAT IS HYPODERMIS?
NOT A LAYER OF SKIN; LAYER UNDER THE DERMIS THAT CONNECTS SKIN TO OTHERS TISSUES LIKE MUSCLES AND CONTAINS BLOOD VESSELS. PRIMARILY COMPOSED OF ADIPOSE PROTECTION
WHAT IS ADIPOSE TISSUE?
FAT/ENERGY STORAGE, ACTS OF INSULATION, AND PROVIDES PROTECTION
WHAT IS HAIR COMPOSED OF?
SHAFT AND ROOT
DESCRIBE AND NAME THE FUNCTION OF THE HAIR ROOT IS
BELOW THE SKIN SURFACE. WITHIN HAIR FOLLICLE. CONTAINS LIVING KERATINOCYTES
DESCRIBE AND NAME THE FUNCTION OF THE HAIR BULB
KNOBLIKE BASE OF HAIR ROOT. ENCLOSES HAIR PAPILLA
DESCRIBE AND NAME THE FUNCTION HAIR SHAFT
MADE OF DEAD KERATINOCYTES, PROJECTS ABOUT THE SKIN
DESCRIBE AND NAME THE FUNCTION OF HAIR PAPILLA
INDENTATION IN BOTTOM OF HAIR SHAFT. CONTAINS CAPILLARIES THAT NOURISH DIVIDING CELLS IN MATRIX