Chapters 5,6,&8 Flashcards
What are the four main components of the integumentary system?
Hair, skin, nails, and glands
What are the two major layers of the skin?
Epidermis and dermis
Is the hypodermis part of the skin?
No
What is the hypodermis made of?
Areolar and adipose tissue
What are the functions of the hypodermis?
Store fat, anchor skin to underlying tissue, absorb shock, insulate
Which epithelial cells make up the epidermis?
Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
What are the five layers of the epidermis? (Deep to superficial)
Stratum basale Stratum spinosum Stratum granulosum Stratum lucidum Stratum corneum
Which epidermal layer is thickest?
Stratum corneum
Which epidermal layer is only present in thick skin?
Stratum lucidum
Most mitotic epidermal layer
Stratum basale
What types of cells are present in the epidermis?
Keratinocytes, melanocytes, merkels cells, langerhans cells
Which layer of the epidermis has dermal papillae?
Stratum basale
Term meaning the older cells slough off
Desquamate
How does the epidermis get nutrients?
Diffusion from the dermis
What tissue types make up the dermis?
Areolar connective tissue and dense regular collagenous tissue
What are the two layers of the dermis?
Papillary and reticular
Superficial dermal layer, 20 percent of dermis and backs up against the stratum basale
Papillary layer
Dermal layer with cleavage and flexure lines, 80 percent of dermis. Dense regular collagenous
Reticular layer
Which muscle pulls on hairs in the skin?
Arrector pili muscle
What are the four types of sweat glands?
Eccrine, apocrine, ceruminous, mammary
Which glands are associated with follicles and release smelly sweat?
Apocrine glands
Ceruminous glands secrete what?
Earwax
Which gland looks like a bunch of grapes?
Sebaceous gland
Which type of skin cancer metastasizes most quickly and is most dangerous?
Melanoma