Integumentary System Flashcards
largest single organ of the body
skin
Lies beneath the dermis that is a loose connective tissue layer containing pads of adipocytes
subcutaneous tissue or hypodermis
Extensions of the epidermis to the dermis
Epidermal ridges
Connects the dermis to the epidermis
Dermal papillae
A function of the skin that provides a physical barrier against thermal and mechanical insults such as friction and against most potential pathogens and other material.
Protective
A function of the skin that allows us to feel tactile objects
Sensory
A function of the skin that are mechanisms for accelarating heat loss (sweat production)
Thermoregulatory
A function of the skin where cells synthesize vitamin D3, needed in calcium metabolism and proper bone formation, through the local action of UV light on the vitamin’s precursor
Metabolic
A function of the skin where the effects of sex pheromones produced by the apocrine sweat glands and other skin glands are important in attraction between sexes in all vertebrates.
sexual signaling
The epidermis is composed of cells called _____
keratinocytes
antigen-presenting cells
langerhan cells
pigment-producing cells
melanocytes
tactile epithelial cells
merkel cells
single layer of basophilic cuboidal or columnar cells characterized by intense mitotic activity
Stratum basale
The important feature of the stratum basale
cytoskeletal keratins
Source of alive skin cells
Stratum basale
Refers to the thickest layer where synthesis of much keratin and other proteins takes place
Stratum spinosum
Prickle cells
Stratum spinosum
Its synthesis would give the cell a spiny extension
Stratum spinosum
Precursor for keratin
Tonofibrils
Microscopically visible bundles where keratin filaments assembles which converge and terminate at the numerous desmosomes holding the cell layers together
Tonofibrils
Consists of three to five layers of flattened cells, now undergoing the terminal differentiation process of keratinization
Stratum granulosum
Characteristic features in cells of the granular layer also include Golgi-derived ________ granules
lamellar
The precursor of protein filaggrin which is important in the aggregation of keratin granules that undergo exocytosis, producing a lipid-rich, impermeable layer around the cells
Lamellar granules
This material forms a major part of the skin’s barrier against water loss
Lamellar granules
This consists of a thin, translucent layer of flattened eosinophilic keratinocytes held together by desmosomes that is considered a subdivision of the stratum corneum.
Stratum lucidum
Stratum lucidum is well seen in ______.
Thick skin
The most differentiated cells in the skin having layers of squamous, keratinized cells filled with birefringent filamentous keratins
Stratum corneum
The most differentiated cells in the skin having layers of squamous, keratinized cells filled with birefringent filamentous keratins
Stratum corneum
The most differentiated cells in the skin having layers of squamous, keratinized cells filled with birefringent filamentous keratins
Stratum corneum
The most differentiated cells in the skin having layers of squamous, keratinized cells filled with birefringent filamentous keratins
Stratum corneum
Predominant cell type of the epidermis
Keratinocytes
Produce and distribute melanin into keratinocytes
Melenocytes
A transmembrane enzyme in Golgi-derived vesicles that catalyzes the first step in melanin synthesis
tyrosinase
Tyrosinase activity converts tyrosine into _____________which is then further transformed and polymerized into the different forms of melanin
3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)