Chapter 5 skin stratum layers

Question 1

What is the top layer of skin

Answer 1

The epidermis

Question 2

Is there hair follicle covered by the epidermis

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

The dermis includes

Answer 3

Hair. Oil glands. Blood vessel. Nerves and muscles that connect to hair

Question 4

Hypodermics includes

Answer 4

A lot of the fat stored for energy

Includes blood vessels. Hair shaft

Question 5

Arector pilli

Answer 5

Is the muscle that erects th hair

Question 6

The basement membrane is between

Answer 6

The epidermis. And the dermis. It sits on the basal end of the epidermis

Question 7

Keratinocytes

Answer 7

Squamous epithelial cells

Produced keratin

Question 8

Melanocytes

Answer 8

For the color of the skin

Octopus shaped cells

Question 9

Dendritic cells

Answer 9

For immune

Related to white blood cells and also octopus shaped

Question 10

The bottom layer of the epidermis (stratified)is called the

Answer 10

Stratum basale

Question 11

What is under the stratum basale

Answer 11

Basement membrane

Question 12

Usually u see the epidermis is?

Answer 12

Connective tissue. ( dense irregular connective tissue )

Question 13

Stratum basale cells are not squished and are

Answer 13

Cube shaped because they are rapidly producing cells and being pushed upwards

Question 14

Stratum spinosum

Answer 14

This is above the stratum basale and is where the cells are being pushed upwards and therefore receive less nutrients by diffusion from blood vessels in the dermis.

These cells are like raisins

Spiny

Question 15

Stratum granulosum

Answer 15

Over time the layer obove the stratum spinosum. The cells began to make keratin ( gardening protein) and lipid granules (waterproofing)

Grany

Question 16

Stratum lucidum

Answer 16

As the stratum granulosum matures, the cells begin to mature and eventually burst and die causing a clear looking cytoplasm

Question 17

Stratum corneum

Answer 17

As the cytoplasm drys up and cells brittle flakes. Corneum means rough

Question 18

Dust in house is what

Answer 18

Combinations of hair and also skin cells humans have shed

Question 19

Exfoliation

Answer 19

Skin is losing it’s cells. Dandruff

Question 20

Calicoes form where

Answer 20

Tips of finger and feet. This includes stratum lucidum.

Question 21

Integumentary means

Answer 21

Covering