Common integument Flashcards
Function of common integument
Protection of the body against mechanical, physical, chemical and biological factors in environment
What are specialised structures of common integument
Subcutaneous tissue (subcutis, teal subcutanea)
Skin (cutis) with dermis, epidermis, horns
Modifications:
- skin glands (glandulae cutis) incuding mammary glands
- Foot pads (tori)
- Enclosure of distal phalanx: nail, claw, hoof
- Horn (cornu)
Name the structure in skin constisting of epidermis, dermis (corium) and tela subcutanea
Cutis
What can skin be further divided into
Dermis (corium) - deep CT layer
Epidermis - superficial epithelium
Tela subcutanea
What is the collective term for the sensory nerve endings
Terminationes nervorum
What structure contains the cutaneous glands
Dermis
Name 2 layers of the dermis
reticular layer - stratum reticulare
Papillary layer - stratum papillare
Name the layer of the surface of the skin
Epidermis
Name the 5 layers of the epidermis
Basal layer -stratum basale
Prickle-cell layer - stratum spinosum
Granular layer - stratum granulosum
Clear layer - stratum lucidum
Horny layer - stratum corneum
Name the grooves of the skin
Sulci cutis
What animals have sulci cutis, plica cutis and sinus cutanei
Ruminants
What is the general term for various cutaneous pouches
Sinus cutanei
What species have skin pouches (sinus cutanei)
Sheep, cat , dog
Name 2 muscles of the skin
mm. cutanei
mm. arrectores pilorum
Name the term for all types of hair
Pili
Name the guard hairs of the mammals coat
Capilli
Which animal have pili lanei
(wool hairs)
Sheep
Which animal has satae hairs
Pigs
(stiff bristles)
In which animals are capilli absent
Sheep-pili lanei
Pig - satae
Name the 3 parts each hair consists of
Medulla pili
Cortex pili
Cuticula pili (cuticle)
In which animal is the medulla pili absent
Sheep
(absent in pili lanei)
Name the portion of hair that extends from skin
scapus pili (hair shaft)
Name the part of hair embedded in skin
Radix pili (hair root)
Name the proximal enlarged part of hair root, enclosed by hair papilla
Bulbus pili (bulb of hair)