Accesory Structures Of Skin Pt. 2

Question 1

Sebaceous Glands:

Answer 1

Found in ALL regions of the body except palms of hands and soles of feet

Produce lipid mixture SEBUM that lubricates skin & hair and protect against infections

Arranged like grapes

Question 2

Holocrine Secretion:

Answer 2

The glandular cells secrete SEBUM by rupturing that drains into a hair follicle

In hairless areas, it drains into ducts thst go to the skin’s surface

Question 3

2 rypes of sweat glands;

Answer 3

Merocrine and Apocrine swear glands

Question 4

Merocrine sweat glands:

Answer 4

Regulate body temperature that release via ducts onto skin’s surface

Releasing sweat will cool body down

Question 5

Apocrine Swear Glands:

Answer 5

Restricted to ONLY regions around nipples, armpits, anogential area

Do not become functional until puberty

Increase dhring stress, pain, sexual arousal

Question 6

What cells produce sweat?

Answer 6

Glandular Cells produce and secrete sweat

Question 7

How does sweat travel

Answer 7

Throught sweat gland duxts into dermis, epidermis, skin’s surface

Question 8

Tactile Corpulscles:

Answer 8

Nerve endings wrapped in a connective tissue sheath

Sensation, sensitive to touch
nipples, lips, fingertips, palms, feet

Question 9

Lamellated Corpuscles:

Answer 9

Nerve endings onion-shaped connective tissue

Respond to DEEP pressue sendstions in dermis and hypodermis

Question 10

Tactile Discs:

Answer 10

Disc-shaped nerve endings w/ tactile cells deep in epidermis

Sensitive to light touch

Question 11

Free nerve endings:

Answer 11

Sensory neurons that extend into the epidermis

Respond to pain and temperature sensations