Integumentary System Q2 Flashcards
7 skin functions
Thermoregulation
Blood reservoir
Protection
Sensation
Excretion
Absorption
Vitamin D syn.
Keratinocytes
Epidermis
90%
Water proof
Melanocytes
Epidermis
8%
Pigment
Absorb UV
Langerhans cells
Infection fighters
Started as wbc
1%
Merkel cells
Sensation
Least common
Near nerve ending
Thick skin
Stratum Corneum
Stratum Lucidum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum spinosum
Stratum basale
Thin skin
Stratum corneum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum spinosum
Stratum basale
Stratum Basale
Living cuboidal keratinocytes
Large nuc
Hemidesmosomes
Merkel
Melanocytes
Langerhorns
Stratum spinosum is
Living cells
Changing keratinocytes
8-10 thick
Stratum granulosum
3-5 cells thick
Squamous keratinocytes
Begin dying
Granules water repellent
Stratum lucidum
3-5 layers of dead squamous keratinocytes
Translucent
Stratum corneum
25-30 thick
Always shedding outward
Papillary region
1/5 dermis
Reticular region
Deeper
4/5 dermis
Irreg. CT
Eumelanin
Brown black pigment
Pheomelanin
Yellow red pigment
Pili
Sensory
Protection
Shaft - above surface
Root
Medulla
Soft keratin
Center
Cortex
Surrounds medulla
Pigment
Hard keratin
Cuticle
Surrounds cortex
Flat overlapping cells
Follicle
Int. Epitelial root sheath
Ext. epithelial root sheath
Dermal root sheath
Papilla
Aerolar CT indent in bulb
Blood vessels
Growth
Matrix
Growth
Cell division
Internal epithelial root sheatg
Arrector pili
Smooth muscle
Attached to dermal root sheath
Attached to epidermis
Stands hair up
Sebaceous glands
Next to hair follicle
Holocrine
Sebum oil
Hair root plexus
Nerve endings on hair follicle
Vellus hairs
Short fine
Clear
Female heavy
Terminal hairs
Longer coarser
Pigmented
Make heavy
Suderiferous glands
Sweat glands
Eccrine glands
Marocrine
Sweat
Common
Coiled
Apocrine glands
Sweat
Armpit groin breast beard
Pheromones
Marocrine
Deepest
Ceruminous glands
Ear wax
Only ears
Hypodermis
Hyponychium
Nail bed anchor
Eponychium
Cuticle
Inflammatory phase
Bleeding
WBC histamine
Vasodilation
Blood clot
Migratory phase
Scab
Fibroblast
Scar tissue
Epithelial moves down sides
Proliferative phase
Epithelium growth under scab
Fills in space
Blood vessels
Maturation phase
Scabs sluffs off
Normal thickness again
Scar tissue different
Basal cell carcinoma
75%
Stratum basale overproduce keratinocytes
Rarely spreads
Surgery and chemicals
Squamous cell carcinoma
20%
Affects lymph nodes and spreads
Surgery and radiation
Malignant melanoma
Most dangerous
5%
Rapid. Death in months
Surgery and immunotherapy
Malignant melanoma
Assymetry
Border irreg.
Color
Diameter