Chapter 6 Flashcards
Secrete Oil
Sebaceous Glands
Secretion Released into Hair Follicle
Sebaceous Glands, Apocrine Glands
Absent from Palms and Soles
Sebaceous Glands
Located in Dermis
Sebaceous Glands, Merocrine Glands, Apocrine Glands
Secrete Sweat
Merocrine Glands, Apocrine Glands
Secretion Released on Skin Surface
Merocrine Glands
Abundant on forehead, neck and back
Merocrine Glands
Secrete in response to increased body temperature
Merocrine Glands
Most numerous in Groin and Axillary Region
Apocrine Glands
Secrete in response to pain, fear and arousal
Apocrine Glands
Skin can take on a yellow tint due to liver malfunction. This yellowish tone is called
Jaundice
When blood oxygen is low, hemoglobin is dark red, and the skin will have a bluish tint. This is called
Cyanosis
Vasoconstriction of blood vessels in the dermis of the skin is a response to a(n) ______ in body temperature.
Decrease
What is the response of the blood vessels of the dermis to an increase in body temperature
Vasodilation
Secrete an oily secretion
Sebaceous Glands
Secrete Sebum
Sebaceous Glands
Holocrine Glands
Sebaceous Glands
Respond During Emotional Stress
Sebaceous Glands
Secrete a watery secretion
Sweat Glands
Some are merocrine; some are apocrine
Sweat Glands
Ducts to surface of skin
Sweat Glands
Important in Temperature Regulation
Sweat Glands
Name the epidermal layer that is found in thick skin, but absent from thin skin
Stratum Lucidum
The ______ are bundles of smooth muscle found within the dermis attached to hair follicles
Arrector Pilli
What is Keratinization and where does it occur?
Hardening of cells; occurs in epidermis
What type of burn involves injury to only the epidermis?
Superficial partial-thickness burn
List the order of epidermal layers of thick skin from most superficial to deepest
1 - Stratum Corneum
2 - Stratum Lucidum
3 - Stratum Granulosum
4 - Stratum Spinosum
5 - Stratum Basale
Name the area where hair growth occurs.
Hair bulb
In what layer of the epidermis are the melanocytes found?
Stratum Basale
Melanocyte