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Epidermis and Dermis Flashcards

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What are the skin’s major regions?

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  1. Epidermis
  2. Dermis
  3. Hypodermis
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What is the epidermis?

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A keratinized stratified squamous epithelium made up of 4 cell types and consists of 4 or 5 layers

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What is the dermis?

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Tough, leathery layer composed of fiberous connective tissue

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What two tissues make up the epidermis?

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Keratinized stratified squamous and nervous tissue

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What are the 4 cells in the epidermis?

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  1. Keratinocytes
  2. Melanocytes
  3. Langerhans’ cells
  4. Merkel cells
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Keratinocytes

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  • Produce keratin
  • Most epidermal cells are keratinocytes
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Melanocytes

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  • Cells that create melanin
  • Provides color to skin, hair, and eyes
  • helps protect skin from UV rays
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Langerhans’ Cells

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  • Epidermal macrophages that help activate the immune system
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Merkel (nervous) Cells

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  • Present at epidermal-dermal junction
  • Shaped like a spiky sphere, functions as a sensory receptor for touch
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What are the 5 epidermal layers? (Deep-Superficial)

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  1. Stratum basal
  2. Stratum spinosum
  3. Stratum granulosum
  4. Stratum lucidum
  5. Stratum corneum
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Stratum Basal

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  • Deepest to epidermal layer firmly attached to the dermis.
  • Consists of a single row of the youngest keratinocytes (cells undergo rapid division)
  • Most vascularized layer
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Stratum Spinosum

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  • Several cell layers (3-5) thick that consists of a weblike system of intermediate filaments.
  • Span cytosol to attach to desmosomes
  • Consists of prekeratin filaments
  • Among keratinocytes are melanin granules and Langerhans’ cells
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Stratum Granulosum

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  • 3-5 cell layers
  • Keratinocyte appearance changes drastically
  • Keratohyalin (keratin in upper layers) & lamellated granules (water proofing/glycolipid)
  • Tight junctions for waterproof layer
  • Cells flatten cause keratin replaces cytoplasm and organelles
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Stratum Lucidum

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  • Only visible in thick skin
  • Few layers of clear, flat, dead keratinocytes with indistinct boundaries
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Stratum Corneum

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Consists of 20-30 cell layers thick, it is protected by keratin and the thickened plasma membrane of cells

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“Epi”

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above

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“derm”

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skin

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“hypo”

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Below

19
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Thick vs. Thin

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Thick:
* has lucidum (sole of foot and palms of hands)

Thin:
*No lucidum (everywhere else)

20
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List the steps for cell keratinization

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  1. Rapid cell division (basal layer)
  2. Older layers get pushed up (as they are pushed up, they die)
  3. Cytoplasm is replaced by keratin
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Some Tissue in Dermis (list 3-4)

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  1. Adipose
  2. Fibrous connective tissue
  3. Blood
  4. Nervous
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Cells within Dermis

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  • Fibroblasts
  • Macrophages
  • Mast cells
  • White blood cells
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What are the layers in the dermis?

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  1. Papillary
  2. Reticular
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Papillary

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  • Areolar connective tissue with collagen and elastic fibers.
  • Epidermal ridge/ dermal papillae create fingerprint
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Reticular

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  • Dense irregular tissue
  • 80% of the thickness of dermis
26
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Name the 4 different skin colors

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  1. Melanin
  2. Carotene
  3. Hemoglobin
    4.Cyanosis
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Melanin

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Provides protection from UV rays

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Carotene

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  • Yellow-orange
  • Pigment found in plants such as carrots
  • Mostly seen in palms & soles where corneum is thickest
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Hemoglobin

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  • Pinkish hue of fair skin
  • High O2 circulation through dermal capillaries causing the epidermis to be nearly transparent
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Cyanosis

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  • Blue
  • Low O2 circulation
31
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What are the 5 emotional/disease impacts on skin color?

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  1. Redness/Erythema
  2. Pallor/Blanching
  3. Jaundice
  4. Bronzing
  5. Bruises
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Redness/Erythema

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  • Reddened skin
  • Embarrassment
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Pallor/Blanching

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  • Paleness
  • Low blood pressure, fear, anemia, etc.
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Jaundice

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  • Yellow cast
  • Liver disorder
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Bronzing

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  • Bronze or metallic
  • Addison’s disease, hypofunction of adrenal cortex
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Bruises

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  • Reveals where blood escaped from circulation and clotted beneath the skin
37
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Which epidermal cell is a macrophage, arises from bone marrow and serves an immune function?

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Langerhans’ cells

38
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Cells of the stratum spinosum have many interlocking desmosomes that will remain between the cells as they migrate to the stratum corneum. These cell junctions serve the body by …

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Preventing mechanical stress or trauma from damaging the epidermis

39
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A needle would pass through the epidermal layers of the forearm in which order?

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Corneum, granulosum, spinosum, and Basale

40
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What types of fibers make up the matrix?

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Collagen, elastic, and reticular

41
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Dermicidin

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  • Acid mantle
  • Kills bacteria on the skin
42
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Why does the epidermis and the dermis undulate?

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to significantly increase the surface area of contact between the two layers, allowing for better exchange of nutrients, fluids, and signals between them

43
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In terms of both function and benefit, why are surface keratinocytes dead?

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The stratum corneum is so far removed from the underlying blood supply in the dermis that diffusion of nutrients is insufficient to keep the ells alive.

44
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Why does sunburned skin peel in sheets?

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When skin peels as a result of sunburn damage, the deeper layers of the stratum corneum, which still maintain their desmosome connections, detach. The desmosomes hold the cells together within the layers.

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