ANAPHY Flashcards

1
Q

Accessory structures of Skin

A

Hair and Nail

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2
Q

Both hair and nails are

A

modified forms of stratum corneum or keratinized tissue

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3
Q

It is a cylinder of compact keratinized material

A

Hair

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4
Q

It is a plate of compact keratinized material

A

Nail

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5
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H

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6
Q

Each hair is formed within a separate _________

A

Hair Follicle

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7
Q

A sheathlike indentation of the epidermis.

A

Hair Follicle

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8
Q

Found at the bottom of the follicle, covered with STRATUM GERMINATIVUM product of the hair

A

Hair Papilla

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9
Q

Portion of each hair within the follicle is called

A

Hair Root

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10
Q

Portion of hair that has ben pushed out of the follicle

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Hair Shaft

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11
Q

The hair has a very _ and a _

A

The hair has a very DENSE CORTEX and a LESS DENSE MEDULLA

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12
Q

Attached to each follicle is an exocrine (ducted)

A

Sebaceous Gland

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13
Q

This gland produces the FATTY SUBSTANCE (SEBUM) that coats the hair and skin

A

Sebaceous Gland

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14
Q

This prevents moisture loss

A

Sebum

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15
Q

Conditions the hair and skin so that it doesn’t become brittle and easily broken

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Sebum

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16
Q

This muscle is a strap of smooth muscle tissue connecting the side of a follicle to the suerficial surface of the dermis

A

Arrector Pili

17
Q

When contracted, the muscle pulls the follicle so that it is nearly perpendicular to the skin’s surface.

A

Arrector pili

18
Q

This increases the air spaces among the hairs, improving its insulation quality

A

Arrector Pili

19
Q

Contraction of the arrector pili also

A

dimples the epidermis, raising a ridge at the edge of the follicle “goosepimple”

20
Q

This is also formed by a modified portion of stratum germinativum

A

Toenail or Fingernail

21
Q

In the case of either hair or nail, this MODIFIED TISSUE is often called

A

matrix

22
Q

What produces the nail plate

A

Matrix

23
Q

Skin under the nail

A

nail bed

24
Q

Part of the matrix that is visbile through the nail is

A

pale crescent or lunula

25
Q

Nail formation begins under a

A

fold of epidermis

26
Q

the portion of the nail under a fold of epidermis is the

A

root

27
Q

visible portion of the nail

A

nail body

28
Q

may extend from the fold onto the nail body

A

cuticle

29
Q

other term for cuticle

A

eponychium

30
Q

found in many areas of the skin

A

sweat glands

31
Q

exocrine glands that produces a watery solution, sweat, that coats the skin

A

sweat glands

32
Q

primarily improves heat loss by the skin through evaporation

A

sweat

33
Q

this sweat glands produce thin, watery sweat in many areas of the body

A

eccrine

34
Q

this sweat glands is found in the axillary and pubic regions, secrete a thicker sweat that is rich in complex organic molecules

A

apocrine