Dermatology Science Flashcards
What is the embryological origin of the epidermis?
Ectoderm
What is the embryological origin of dermis?
Mesoderm
In week 14 of development the skin consists of?
Basal layer, intermediate layer, periderm (apotheoses 120 days post-fertilisation)
When do melanocytes, sebaceous glands, arrestor pili muscles and hair follicles develop?
Week 26
How do melanocytes form?
Melanoblast from neural crest migrates to uveal tract and leptomeninges
Settle in skin
What are the 5 layers of the epidermis?
Stratum basale Straum spinosum Stratum granulosum Stratum lucidum Stratum corneum
Keratinocytes in the basal layer of epidermis attach to basement membrane via?
Hemidesmosomes
The epidermis is normally regenerated every?
28 days
How do melanocytes function in the skin?
Melanosomes convert tyrosine into melanin pigment with absorbs light
DCs transport melanosomes to adjacent keratinocytes and form protective melanin cap over nucleus to protect basal cell DNA
What colour is eumelanin?
Brown/black
What colour is phaeomelanin?
Red/yellow
What determines pigment balance in the skin?
MC1R gene. Protein converts eumelanin to phaeomelanin
1 defective copy of MC1R results in?
Freckling
2 defective copies of MC1R results in?
Freckling + Red hair
What are Merkel cells?
Pressure receptors
What is contained within basal layer?
Keratinocytes
Melanocytes
Merkel cells
Keratin (lots)
In the prickle cell layer keratinocytes are connected by?
Desmosomes
Keratinocytes in stratum spinosum produce lamellar bodies. What is their function?
Skin barrier
What are Langerhans cells and where are they found?
Found in stratum spinosum, dermis and lymph nodes
Mesenchymal immune cells (APCs) - present Ag to T-cells
What makes up the stratum granulosum?
2-3 layers of flatter unclear keratinocytes
Large keratohyaline granules with filaggrin + involucrin (proteins)
Which skin layer is the origin of the cornified envelope?
Stratum granulosum
What do the keratinocytes in the stratum granulosum produce? Function?
Lamellar (aka Odland bodies)
Lipid barrier
What is the stratum lucid?
Clear translucent layer found only in palms and soles
The stratum corner serves as a ?
Tight waterproof barrier
Insoluble cornified envelope
The stratum corner consists of?
Corneocytes (corneodesmosomes)
80% keratin and filaggrin
Lamellar granules (release lipids)
What makes up the epidermal basement membrane?
Laminin
Collagen IV
What is the function of the derma-epidermal junction (DEJ)?
Messenging - support, anchor, adhesion, growth and differentiation of basal cells
The DEJ is a _______ membrane
semi-permeable
What makes up the dermis?
Ground substance (polysaccharide mix), immune cells Matrix of collagen and elastin Muscles Blood vessels Lymphatics Nerves
How is blood supplied to dermis?
Horizontal plexuses (supply > need)
Outline the nerve supply to skin (dermis)?
Somatosensory dermatomes - pacinian (pressure) and meissner (vibration) receptors
ANS - bood vessels, nerves, glands
What is the papillary dermis?
Thin dermis found just beneath epidermis
What does the reticular dermis contain?
Hair follicles
Nails
Skin glands
What do hair follicles consist of?
Pilosebaceous unit
Invaginated epidermal tissue; each associated with dermal sebaceous gland
What makes hair stand up?
Arrector pili muscle
How does the arrector pili muscle attach?
Proximal - hair bulb
Distal - epidermis
How are hair follicles pigmented?
Via above melanocytes
Growth of hair is under _____ influence
hormonal (thyroxine, androgens)
90% of hair is in the growing phase known as?
Anagen
10% of hair is involuted. Known as?
Catagen
How is hair involuted?
Dermal papilla sinks and shrink - hair is pushed back to surface