Chapter 5 Flashcards
Skin
Cutaneous
Grain
Granule
Clear
Lucid
Pith marrow
Medulla
Nipple like
Papilla
Spine
Spin
More superficial region of skin
Made of epithelial tissue
Epidermis
Deep to epidermis made of connective tissue
Dermis
Lies deep to the skin composed of loose areolar connective tissue and adipose tissue
Hypodermis
Most abundant epithelial cell
Produce keratin
Keratinocytes
Deepest epidermal layer
Youngest keratinocytes and tactile epithelial cells, melanocytes
Stratum basale
Contains lamellar granules
Stratum granulosum
Most superficial layer of epidermis, dead keratinocytes filed with keratin protect skin
Stratum corneum
Superficial layer of dermis, areolar connective tissue
Papillary dermis
Deeper layer, dense irregular conn tiss
Reticular dermis