Lecture 3 Flashcards
What is the integumentary system?
Skin, hair, nails, sweat glands
What is the structure of the skin?
-Epidermis
-Dermis
-Subcutaneous/Hypodermis
How many layers does the epidermis have?
5
-Stratum Corneum
-Stratum Lucidum
-Stratum Granulosum
-Stratum Spinosum
-Stratum basale (Stratum Germinativum)
What is the function of the Stratum Basale?
Melanocytes (color, freckles)
What is in the dermis?
Most of the accessory structures of the skin
-Blood/lymph vessels, nerve endings, sweat glands, oil glands, hair, dermal papillae
What is the extension of the dermis into the epidermis?
Dermal Papillae
What layer of the skin do you find the sebaceous glands?
Dermis
What is the composition of the subcutaneous layer?
Fibroblasts, adipocytes, and blood vessels.
What is the function of the subcutaneous layer?
Connects skin to surface muscles, fat storage/energy supply, helps regulate body temp.
Some skin glands produce oily secretion called sebum. What are the name of the glands?
Sebaceous glands
What is the scientific name for sweat glands?
Sudoriferous glands
What are the 5 Sudoriferous (sweat glands)?
-Eccrine
-Apocrine
-Ceruminous
-Ciliary
-Mammary
How do the sebaceous glands and apocrine sweat glands secrete to the outside?
Excretory duct
What two categories of tissues repair themselves most?
Epithelial tissues and connective tissues
What is the name for a cancer of the skins pigment producing cell?
Melanoma