GZOO Dermis & Hypodermis (2) Flashcards
Modified apocrine gland that secretes milk
Mammary
Modified apocrine gland that secretes earwax or cerumen
Ceruminous
- scented sweat glands)
- Axillary, anal and genital areas only
- Ducts open into hair follicles
- The organic molecules in it decompose with time - odor
Apocrine Sweat Glands
- Most numerous
- True sweat: 99% water, some salts, traces of waste
- Open through pores
Ecceine or merocrine
- tubular coiled glands that open in sweat pore on the surface of the skin secreting a clear fluid.
Sudoriferous gland
small alveolar glands usually formed close to hairs and opening on the upper portion of the follicle; absent on palms and soles.
Sebaceous glands
Type of sudoriferous gland:
distributed all over the body except in lips and genital orifice.
Eccrine gland
Very large branched tubular glands found in axillary, mammary and genital areas producing typical body odors.
Apocrine gland
Parts of hair
_____ is embedded in skin while _____ is the part projecting above skin surface.
A Root, shaft
B Shaft, root
A Root, shaft
ROOT is embedded in skin while SHAFT is the part projecting ABOVE skin surface.
True or false
Function of hair:
A Warmth - more in man than other animals
B sense light touch of the skin
C protection - scalp
A It should be: - warmth: LESS IN MAN than other animals - sense light touch of the skin - protection: scalp
Three concentric layers of hair. (Cross section parts)
- ___ (core) - inner part
- ___ (surrounds medulla) - thick median part
- ____ (single layers, overlapping) - covers and forms toughened outer portion.
Three concentric layers of hair.
- MEDULLA (core)
- CORTEX (surrounds medulla)
- CUTICLE (single layers, overlapping)
Make up of hair
Hard keratin
Parts of hair
growth zone; contains melanocytes that give color to the hair.
A Root
B Shaft
C Hair bulb matrix
C Hair bulb matrix - growth zone; contains melanocytes that give color to the hair.
Parts of hair:
enclosed in the follicle
A Root
B Shaft
C Hair bulb matrix
A Root -enclosed in the follicle
Parts of the hair:
the visible but dead portion of hair projecting the above surface of skin.
A Root
B Shaft
C Hair bulb matrix
B Shaft - the visible but dead portion of hair projecting the above surface of skin.