Module 7 Wk 1 Flashcards
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what does the integument consist of?
- the skin
- the hair and a variety of skin associated glands (adnexa)
- claws, hoofs and horns – modified version so the skin as retain many processes we see in the development of the skin
Describe the different function of the integument
- Protective -wear and tear
- Barrier- microbial
- penetration/ impermeable to - - water
- Thermoregulation
- Sensory perception
- Storage organ – in the hyperdermis part of skin has white fatty deposis which is used for stored energy and making new skin
- Synthesis Vit D3
- Glandular – sebum and sweat - secretions
- Photo-protection/ sensitisation
- Immuno-surveillance - in underlying CT of skin cells sitting monitoring
- Capture of prey…..
Describe the Epidermis
stratified keratinised squamous epithelium
Describe the Dermis?
dense irregular CT
What is another name for the stuctures found in the dermis and what are they?
Adnexa - hair follicules, sweat glands, sensory innervation, venous supply and sm to deterimine if hair stands up or not
Describe the subcutis and what it is made up of?
- superficial facia
- adipose tissue - enegy and fat store
- allows skin to move over underlying muscles
What is the condition of animals coat or skin a good indicator of?
whats going on internally
Describe the embrylogical development of the skin
- Primitive Epidermis is of ectodermal origin and Dermis is of mesodermal origin
- Basal cells undergo proliferation, migration and differentiation resulting in cell death
- Stratified keratinised squamous epithelium – forms a physical and permeability barrier
- Melanocytes from neural crest origin migrate to the dermal–epidermal border. Responsible for pigmentation of the skin
What are the main types of cells in the epidermis layer and descrip them
- Basal cells - stem cells (undifferentiated)
- Keratinocytes - differianteaite, migrate and become keratonised
What are the other cell types assocaited with the epidermis
- Melanocyte - responible for the synthesis of the pigment of melanin
- Merkel cell - has sensory function
- Langerhans cell - monitoring function picking up anything getting through the top barriers
What happens to the melanin produced by melanocytes?
transferred to stem cells and sits above nuclei, protecting them from UV light
Name the two main types of hair follicle associated with the skin of domestic species
simple and compound
What are the different types of strata in epidermis
stratum basale, stratum spinosum, strata granulosum, strata lucidum and strata corneum
Describe the stratum basale layer
- Mitotically active layer where cells divide and move outwards towards stratum spinosum
What appears in the cytoplasms and is the first sign of keratinisation
Tonofilaments
Describe the stratum spinosum layer
- cells have prominent cell-to-cell junctions called desmosomes that appear as spiky membrane projections
- Tonofolaments increase in quantity becoming major feature
- Lamellar bodies appear in cytoplasm - organelles containing lipid which are extruded as cells enter granulosa - waterproofing of the skin
- Cells become progressively flattened
Describe the Stratum Granulosum layer
- nucleaus and organells start to break down.
- keratohyakin granules start to appear which are precurser proteins of filaggrin and loricrin
- laminar bodies release lipis between cells which helps with waterproofing
Describe the purpose Filaggrin has in struatum granulosum
It causes tonofilaments to aggregrate and form tonofibrils
Describe the purpose Loricrin has in struatum granulosum
It contributes to form prtective thickened cell envelopes
What do the specail cell juntion do to the dead squames and where is the process absent?
- rivet them together
- absent in the outer most layer
Describe what the control of desquamation at the surface depends on
Balance between levels of protease inhibitors & proteases (latter cause enzymatic degeneration of desomsomes junctional complexes which anchor the cells to the surface)
Describe the histological appearance of the epidermis on thick hairless skin
- Epidermis thick
- Stratum corneum (SC) is particularly thickened (12-20 layers)- subject to constant abrasive forces
- Dermal-epidermal border interdigitates – anchors epidermis to dermis – when these come away from each other si where we get blistering
- No hair follicles are present
- Sweat glands (eccrine) are often present in the dermis
Describe the histological appearance of the epidermis on thick hairy skin
- Epidermis is very thin (arrow) - different strata can still be recognised at high mag
- Characteristic feature - presence of Hair follicles (H) plus associated sebaceous (S) and sweat glands (A) all in the dermis
Describe what the Dermis (CT) consists of
- Cells
(fibroblasts*, also mast cells, plasma cells, macrophages, adipocytes, melanocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils etc) - Fibers
Different types and proportions (Collagen, reticular, and elastic fibers) - Ground substances
Dense fluid (proteoglycans and glycoprotein)
*Fibroblasts produce /maintain the extracellular matrix