INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM Flashcards
IT CONSIST OF THE SKIN AND ITS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES INCLUDING THE HAIR, NAILS, SEBACEOUS GLANDS, AND SWEAT GLANDS
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
THE INTEGUMENT IS MADE UP OF TWO PARTS :
CUTANEOUS MEMBRANE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
______ IS THE EXTERIOR COVERING OF THE BODY
SKIN
SKIN WEIGHS MORE THEN _____ IN THE AVERAGE ADULT, AND COVERS MORE THEN _______ SQUARE INCHES
6 POUNDS , 3000
______ IS THE LARGEST ORGAN OF THE BODY
SKIN
IT COVERS MOST OF THE BODY AND HAS 4 LAYERS OF KERATINOCYTES
THIN SKIN
COVERS THE PALMS OF THE HANDS AND SOLES OF THE FEET AND HAS 5 LAYERS OF KERATINOCYTES
THICK SKIN
THE SKIN HAS TWO LAYERS :
EPIDERMIS AND DERMIS
CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF KERATIN AND IS THE MOST ABUNDANT CELLS IN THE EPIDERMIS
KERATINOCYTES
NAME THE 5 STRATA OF KERATINOCYTES IN THICK SKIN
STRATUM GERMINATIVUM
STRATUM SPINOSUM
STRATUM GRANULOSUM
STRATUM LUCIDUM
STRATUM CORNEUM
IS COMPOSED OF SEVERAL LAYERS OF LIVING CELLS AND IS THE MOST INNER LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS
STRATUM GERMINATIVUM
FOUND IN HAIRLESS SKIN AND RESPOND TO TOUCH
MERKEL CELLS
CONTAINS THE PIGMENT MELANIN AND SCATTERED THROUGHOUT STRATUM GERMINATIVUM
MELANOCYTES
THE GRAINY LAYER THAT PRODUCES KERATIN AND KERATOHYALIN
STRATUM GRANULOSUM
THE CLEAR LAYER FOUND ONLY IN THICK SKIN
STRATUM LUCIDUM
