RAT 9 Flashcards
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What are the accessory structures of the integument? From which tissue type are they derived?
- hair nails and glands
- epithelium
What are some functions of human hair?
Protection Sensation Thermoregulation
What tissue composes hair?
Squamous keratinzed epithelial cells
What are the two parts of a hair?
Shaft, Root
Are there any cells in the shaft still living?
No
Which part of the hair undergoes mitosis?
Matrix
What is the hair follicle?
An infolding of the epidermis in which a hair is embedded in the skin
In a transverse section, what are the three regions of a hair?
Inner Medulla, Middle Cortex, Outer Cuticle
What is the smooth muscle that attaches to a hair follicle? What does it do?
- arrector pili
- attach to the dermal root sheath on one end and the dermal papillary on the other end
Describe the three types of hair?
Lanugo: fetus has a thin, nonpigmented type covers the whole body
Terminal Hair: thicker, coarser, and pigmented
Vellus: thinner, nonpigmented
What pigment largely determines hair color?
Melanin
Nails are composed of what type of tissue?
Stratified Squamos Epithelium
What sits on top of the epidermal nail bed?
Nail Plate
What is the nail body?
Portion you can see
Nail Root
Under the skin
Nail Matrix
Contains actively dividing cells
What is another term for cuticle?
Eponychium
Where does nail growth occur?
Nail Matrix
Lunula
Opaque region near the proximal nail fold
What are some important functions of nails?
- safeguard underlying tissue
- better gripping
What are the two basic types of glands?
- sweat
- sebaceous
What is an alternate term for sweat gland?
Sudoriferous
What is merocrine secretion?
Released by glands via exocytosis
What is the most prevalent type of sweat gland? Describe the structure, secretion, and function of this type of gland.
- simple, coiled, tubular glands in the dermis
- exits through a tiny sweat pore in epidermis
- thermoregulation