INTEGUMENTARY Flashcards
is the largest organ in the body
Skin
is the outer layer of the skin that is made of stratified squamous epithelium. It has no blood supply.
Epidermis
What layer of the dermis contains loose connective tissue within the bundles of collagenous fibers
Papillary Layer
What layer of the skin is the true skin
Dermis
What layer of the dermis is made of dense connective tissue with coarse collagenous fiber bundles that crisscross to form a stroma of elastic network
Reticular Layer
Receptors of deep pressure are distributed throughout the dermis.
Pacinian Corpuscles
It is that subcutaneous layer rich in fat.
Hypodermis
Name the 5 strata of Epidermis
- Stratum Basale
- Stratum Spinosum
- Stratum Granulosum
- Stratum Lucidum
- Stratum Corneim
what stratum is the deepest layer of the epidermis where keratinocytes are produced.
Stratum basale
which stratum is made up of keratinocytes held together by sticky proteins. It helps make your skin flexible and strong
Stratum Spinosum
what is the sticky proteins that holds keratinocytes in the stratum spinosum?
desmosomes
which stratum is the grainy layer where keratinocytes have ‘granules’
Stratum Granulusom
which stratum consists of flat, translucent layers of cells.
Stratum lucidum
stratum lucidum is only found in ??
thick skin
which stratum is the is the outer, dead, flat, keratinized, and thicker layer.
Stratum Corneum