HISTOLOGY - Integument Flashcards

Epidermis - keratinized stratified squamous
Dermis - dense irregular CT

Epidermis w/ 5 Layers


Stratum spinosum
note the spikes arund each cell edge (i.e spines = spinous)

Thick skin (left) and thin skin (right)
Note the layer of the statum lucidum superficial to the dark stratum granulosum


Keratinocytes
What are the arrows pointing to?

Stratum basale

stratum spinosum
note the spikes arund each cell edge (i.e spines = spinous) – tonofibrils

stratums granulosum — has lamellar granules that are v dark
What Is the arrow outlining?

stratum corneum – most superficial layer
What are the boxes showing?


What does DP stand for and identify?

Dermal papillae
What are PL and RL

Papillar Layer
Reticular Layer
What does the arrow define?

Hypodermis – subcutaneous fascia – i.e. FAT and loose CT

Merkel Cells
What are the purple, stringly things?

Free Nerve Endings

Meissner’s Corpuscles
What is the circular object

Lamellar (Pacinian) Corpuscle

Subaceous glands

exocrine sweat glands

apocrine sweat glands
*note how “hole-y” they are
What is APM showing?

Arrector pili muscle
What are the blocked-out structures?

Nail Root
Nail Matrix
Epichonium
Nail