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Name a disease manifestation of each of the macroscopic features of the skin and how the variations can effect manifestations

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  • Colour-> Vitiligo-> autoimmune depigmentation-> bigger psychosocial effect in dark-skinned races
  • Hair-> Alopecia areata-> autoimmune hair loss-> bigger psychosocial effect depending on site, particularly in women
  • UV abnormalities-> increases skin ageing in whites. Increases risk of skin cancer in whites
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What are the macroscopic features of skin and how do they vary?

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  • Colour-> Ethnicity, Site, UV
  • Hair-> site, age, sex
  • Laxity/wrinkling ->age, site, UV
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What are the two microscopic structures of the skin?

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  • Epidermis

- Dermis

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Is the epidermis vascular or avascular?

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-Avascular

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What are the 4 layers of the epidermis in order from apical to basolateral?

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  • Stratum corneum
  • Stratum granulosum
  • Stratum spinosum
  • Stratum basale
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Name the cells and their features in the stratum corneum

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  • Keratinised stratified corneocytes
  • No nucleus or cytoplasmic organelles
  • No plasma membrane as the cells are interlocked with each other
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Where is the stratum granulosum?

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-Directly below the stratum corneum

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How do the cells in the stratum granulosum differ from those in the stratum corneum?

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  • Known as keratinocytes
  • Keratinised stratified squamous
  • Retain the nucleus
  • Cells loose pm here and begin differentiating into corneocytes
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Where is stratum spinosum?

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-Below stratum granulosum, just above the protrusions into the dermis

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How do the cells in the stratum spinosum differ from those in the stratum granulosum?

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  • Cells are less squamous in shape
  • Not as deeply stained as they contain less keratin
  • Cells are joined by intercellular junctions called desmosomes
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Where is the stratum basale?

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-Base of the epidermis (protrudes into dermis)

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Are the cells in the stratum basale keratinised?

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-Yes but only with a few keratin filaments

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Where does mitotic division occur in the epidermis?

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-Stratum basale

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When do keratinocytes loose their ability to divide?

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-As they enter the stratum spinosum

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Where are keratohyalin granules found and what is there function?

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  • Stratum granulosum

- Contain aggregations of keratins, fibrous proteins and enzymes do degrade the pm and cross-link keratins

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Name another two cell types, bar keratinocytes and corneocytes, found in the epidermis

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  • Melanocytes

- Langerhan cells

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Where specifically are langerhan cells found and what is their function?

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  • Stratum spinosum

- Antigen presenting cells

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Where specifically are melanocytes found?

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-At intervals along the stratum basale

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What do melanocytes produce and what happens to this substance?

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  • Melanin

- Buds off and taken up into cells, then aggregates on/around the nucleus

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What s particular about the epidermis of the palm/sole?

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  • No hair follicles

- Thick corneum and spinosum

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What is the dermo-epithelial junction?

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-The point between the dermis and the epidermis

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Does the epidermis have a basement membrane?

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-Yes, it is just visible with H and E (better with PAS)

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What clinical relevance does the dermo-epidermal junction have?

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-Malignant melanomas which do not cross this junction are accosiated with good prognosis

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Is the dermis vascular or avascular?

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What structures does the dermis contain?
- Connective tissue - Blood vessels - Nerves - Glands - Muscles - Mast cells
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What functional relevance do mast cells being located near blood vessels have?
-Release of histamines increases vascular permeability leading to oedema
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What fibres does the dermis contain?
- Collagen | - Elastic
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Where are the fibres located in the dermis?
-Scattered throughout in the ECM
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What are the two areas of the dermis?
- Papillary | - Reticular
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What are the blood vessels like in the two layers of the dermis?
- Papillary-> small | - Reticular-> large
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What lies directly below the dermis?
-Subcutaneous layer of fat lobules
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What are the four functions of the skin?
- Protective barrier - Sensory - Thermoregulation - Psychosexual communication
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How does the skin act as a barrier?
-Prevents percutaneous absorption of exogenous substances
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What pharmological relevance does the barrier function of the skin have?
-barrier function must be overcome by percutaneous drugs
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How does the skin allow sensation?
-Has many nerve endings
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By what two mechanisms does the skin help thermoregulation?
- Vascular-> dilation/contraction of blood vessels | - Eccine sweating-> evaporation of sweat aids cooling
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How does the skin allow psychosexual communication?
-Can be manipulated for expression and communication
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Name 4 skin appendages
- Hair follicles - Nails - Sweat glands - Sebaceous glands
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What makes up a pilosebaceous unit?
- Hair sheath/shaft - Sebaceous gland - Arrector pili muscle attached to hair sheath
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Where are pilosebaceous units located?
-Predominantly in the dermis with the hair shaft extending into the epidermis
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Where to, and what do sebaceous glands secrete into?
- Sebum | - Into ducts which lead to hair follicles
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Where are sebaceous glands most abundant?
-Face
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How are sebaceous glands linked to acne?
-Sebaceous glands become blocked with sebum due to abnormal differentiation of sebaceous ducts, increased sebum production and infection with normally harmless bacteria
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What are the two types of sweat gland?
- Eccrine | - Apocrine
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What is the mechanism of secretion of sweat glands?
- Serous apocrine secretions in apocrine | - Serous merocrine secretions in eccrine
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Where are sweat glands located in the skin?
-Extend from the dermis to the epidermis
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What structure do sweat glands often have?
-Coiled
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What condition is characterised by increased sweating, and what areas are usually effected?
-Hyperhidrosis-> predominantly effects palms/soles
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Where are apocrine glands located?
- Axilla - Genital - Submammary
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What causes body odour?
-Secretions from apocrine glands are odourless and protein rich. Digestion of this by subcutaneous flora produces body odour
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Name a disease which disrupts the barrier function of the skin
-Psoriasis
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What are the consequences of disruption to the barrier function in psoriasis?
- Loss of fluid - Loss of protein - Loss of heat - Potential for excessive absorption of exogenous substances
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Why can erythrodermic psoriasis lead to hypothermia?
-Widespread vasodilation due to inability to vasoconstrict in cold environments leads to hypothermia
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What is vitiligo?
- An autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the melanocytes, usually in symmetrical localised areas of the skin causing depigmentation - Increased death of melanocytes - Damage to melanocytes resulting in inability to function - Symmetry possible under neural control as melanocytes are derived from neural crests
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What cells are effected in malignant melanoma?
-Melanocytes or melanocyte-derived cells

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