Integumentary System Flashcards
Which layer lacks blood vessels?
Epidermis
Which layer has stratified squamous epithelial?
Epidermis
Located in the epidermis and is nourished by dermal blood vessels
Straum Basale
The process of keratinocytes, older epidermal cells is called?
Keratinization
Melanocytes are specialized cells in the epidermis that produce a pigment called?
Melanin
What skin color is eumelanin?
Dark brown
What skin color is pheomelanin?
Reddish-yellow
Dermis has an uneven pattern called?
Dermal papillae
This layer of skin is composed of areolar, tissue, collagen, and elastic fibers
Dermis
Dermal blood vessels supply nutrients to skin and help?
Regulate temperature
Nerve cell processes are located throughout which skin layer?
Dermis
Which skin layer houses hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands?
Dermis
Protective coverings for fingers and toes, made of keratinized epithelial cells
Nails
These develop from stem cells and become keratinized
Hair Follicles
The color in this is produced by epidermal melanocytes
Hair Follicles
The muscle responsible for “goosebumps” is the?
Arrector Pili Muscle
The gland that is associated with hair follicles
Sebaceous Glands
Fatty material and debris that is produced by sebaceous glands
Sebum
Black heads are also called?
Comedones
Small, red elevations are also called?
Pustules
Gland that is a bell-shaped coil in the deeper dermis or superficial subcutaneous layer, and is also an EXOcrine gland
Sudoriferous Glands
A type of sudoriferous gland that expels mostly water and small amounts of salts, and waste such as urea and uric acid
Merocrine
A type of sudoriferous gland that expel proteins and lipids which produce odor from the body when metabolized
Apocrine
What happens when you have a shallow break in skin:
Epithelial cells stimulate and reproduce ________ and newly formed cells can _____ the gap
Rapidly ; Fill