A&P CHAPTER 6: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM Flashcards
TWO LAYERS OF SKIN
EPIDERMIS (OUTER LAYER)
DERMIS (INNER LAYER)
SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER
BELOW THE DERMIS
BINDS SKIN TO DERMIS
KERATINOCYTES
CELLS THAT MOVE TOWARD SKIN SURFACE, RECEIVE FEWER NUTRIENTS, AND DIE
HARDEN WITH AGE
LAYERS OF EPIDERMIS
INNER TO OUTER:
BASALE
SPINOSUM
GRANULOSUM
LUCIDUM
CORNEUM
MELANIN
BROWN PIGMENT PRODUCED BY MELANOCYTES IN GERMIN LAYER
DENDRITIC CELLS
LANGERHANS CELLS
FROM BONE MARROW MOVE TO EPIDERMIS AND CONSUME FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
TACTILE CELLS
MERKEL CELLS
LOCATED AT EPIDERMAL-DERMAL JUNCTION
RECEPTORS FOR SENSE OF TOUCH
WHAT CAUSES JAUNDICE
BUILDUP OF BILIRUBIN
TWO COMPONENTS OF DERMIS
SUPERFICIAL PAPILLARY LAYER
DEEPER RETICULAR LAYER
PAPILLARY LAYER
CONSISTS OF AREOLAR TISSUE
CONTAINS CAPILLARIES, LYMPHATICS, SENSORY NEURONS
SEBACEOUS GLANDS
NEAR HAIR FOLLICLES
HOLOCRINE GLANDS THAT SECRETE SEBUM
CHEMICAL BARRIERS OF THE SKIN
MELANIN AND SECRETIONS
LOW PH OF SKIN SECRETIONS IS THE ____
ACID MANTLE
SLOWS MULTIPLICATION OF MICROORGANISMS
DEFENSINS
SUBSTANCES SECRETED BY SKIN CELLS TO HELP KILL BACTERIA
WHAT FORMS THE PHYSICAL BARRIER OF THE SKIN
CONTINUITY AND KERATINIZED CELLS