Intro to PT Chapter 12 Flashcards
Integument
Largest organ of the body
1 to 4mm thick
Three layers of Integument
Epidermis
Dermis
Subcutaneous tissue
Epidermis
.06 to .1 mm thick
Epidermis
thicker on soles of feet and palms of hands.
.6mm - stratum corneum
epidermis
Basal Cell layer
connects it to the dermus
Callus
stratum corneum
Keratinocytes
take 28 days to mature and be sloughed off after traveling through the layers.
Stratum Corneum and moisture
restricts the loss of fluid. and semi-water resistant.
Langerhans cells
The skin’s version of dendritic cells or antigen-presenting cells they are called Langerhans cells when they are in the skin for some reason. Immune response
Merkel cells
sensory recpetor cells that provide information about tactile stimuli
Melanocytes
sythesize melanin, a pigment that principally serves as a primary protection against harmful ultraviolet radiation. - transfered from melanocytes to keratinocytes.
Melanocytes and other locations
they are also present in dermis and hair folicles. and the retina of the eye.
Components of the epidermis that penitrate into the dermis:
- Hair follicles
- Sebacious glands
- apocrine glands
- eccrine glands
A basal cell layer surrounds each of these structures.
follicle
an invagination of the epidermis.
keratinization that produces three layers of cells - produces hair.
Sebacious glands
produce fatty secretions - found in association with every hair follicle.
also in general distribution, but not on soles of feet or palms of hands and the lower lip.
keep skin moisturized and pliant.
Aprocrine glands
axila and anogenital areas - oily sweat begins in puberty - oder is bacteria breaking down sweat.
eccrine glands
hypotonic sweat - hypotonic means it has a lower concentration of solutes than the fluids inside your body.
Critical in temperature regulation
Dermis
Inner layer
Fibrous and elastic connective tissue - (maintains resting arrangement of collagen) within a ground substance (provides cushion against compression.)
1-4mm thick
ground substance
water, glycosaminoglycans - proteoglycans and glycoprotiens.
Dermis
Other structures
Blood vessels, nerves, sweat and sebacious glands and hair follicles.
Dermis
other functions
provides sensory input, temperature regulation and assists in wound healing
Papillary dermis
loosely organizedcollagen matrix and is highly vascular
Junction between dermis and basal layer of epidermis (reason for all the blood vessels.)
Dermal Papillae
create epidermal ridges.
Fibrous collagen
fortification against mechanical stress while allowing for deformation.
Reticular Dermis
Dense Irregular Connective Tissue - rich in collagen and elastin
has hair follicles
Sebacoius glands and sweat glands
Sensory receptors - Pacinian corpuscles.
blood vessels
Lymphatic vessels
Fibroblasts - produce the extracellular matrix - especcially collagen.
arrector pili muscels
move hair to stand on end.
Subcutaneous Tissue
Lose connective tissue and fat
Binds deeper structures
Wound Healing
Inflammatory phase
Vasoconstriction (5-10 min) followed by vasodilation
Local edema, which could restrict motion
Lasts generally about 2 weeks.
Inflammatory phase
Vasoconstriction
5-10 min - clotting phase. Platlet clots and eventual fibrin clots.
Inflammatory phase
Vasodilation
Increased capillary permeability. Leukocytes
Neutrophils
Macrophages
Inflammatory phase
macrophages
eat wound debris, release cytokines, growth factors and collagenases.
Inflammatory phase
Lymphocytes
stimulate macrophages and fibroblasts.
Cronic Inflamation
Inflammatoryh phase that lasts more than 2 weeks
Proliferative phase
Collagen produced by fibroblasts; provide strength to
wound
Ground substance
Vascular growth
Wound contracts
Proliferative phase
collagen fibrils
formed by fibroblasts, combine and form collagen figers which supply most of the strength to the wound. don’t need a big scar to have a well healed wound.
Proliferative phase
Ground substance
composed of glycosaminoglycans, water and salts.
Occupies space between elastin, collagen, vascular structures and other cells in the healing wound.
Proliferative phase
angiogenesis
formation of new blood vessels.
Proliferative phase
epidermal regeneration
wounds that aren’t deep enough to destroy basal layer can regrow epidermis. basal cells from surface of hair follicles can play a role and lead to wound coverage.