Ch. 2 Anatomy and Physiology (set 2)

Question 1

organelle

Answer 1

micro-organs responsible for functions within the cells

Question 2

desmosomes

Answer 2

small hairlike structures in the spiny layer of the epidermis

Question 3

lamellar granules

Answer 3

control lipids that produce natural moisturizing factor

Question 4

keratinization

Answer 4

progressive maturization of the keratin cell in the movement through the stratum corneum

Question 5

lipids

Answer 5

fat or fatlike substances that are descriptive not chemical

Question 6

cholesterol

Answer 6

precursor to most steroid hormones; a single molecule is called alcohol

Question 7

fatty acids

Answer 7

One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in fats and oils.

Question 8

ceramides

Answer 8

class of lipids that do not contain glycerol

Question 9

reticula

Answer 9

netlike formation or structure; a network

Question 10

elastin

Answer 10

Connective tissue proteins

Question 11

The dermis is made of how many layers? called what?

Answer 11

2

papillary
reticular

Question 12

What does “gags” stand for?

Answer 12

glycosaminoglycan

the most abundant one is:
hyaluronic acid

Question 13

When we tattoo what what layer does the pigment go into to?

Answer 13

the outermost layer of the DERMIS

called the PAPILLARY

Question 14

dermal-epidermal junction

Answer 14

superficial side of the dermis connected to the epidermis

Question 15

papillae

Answer 15

projections of any kind; in the skin, papillae hold the dermis and the epidermis together

Question 16

glycosaminoglycans

Answer 16

GAGS hyaluronic acid

most prominent in the dermis
bind water
soothing and softening the surface below

Question 17

reticular dermis

Answer 17

sublayer of the dermis that connects the dermis to the epidermis and is home to the skin’s appendages
(nails, hair, glands)

Question 18

Which layer is a cushion?

Answer 18

Hypodermis

Subcutaneous tissue

Question 19

Where are “rete peds” and what do they do?

Answer 19

within the reticular dermis

hold the epidermis and the dermis together

“LIKE GLUE BETWEEN DERMIS AND EPIDERMIS”

Question 20

What does the reticular dermis house?

Answer 20

appendages of the skin

nerves

blood vessel and is loaded with collagen, blood vessels and nerve endings

Question 21

skin turgor

Answer 21

flexibility of the skin

Question 22

adipose cells

Answer 22

fat cells