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1
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What are the functions of the skin and hypodermis?

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BEPPS

  • Body temperature regulation: capillary network and sweat glands regulate heat loss
  • Excretion: urea, salts, and sweat glands regulate heat loss
  • Protection: cushions organs and protects from bumps, chemicals, water loss, and UV radiation
  • Production of vitamin D: epidermal cells use UV radiation to synthesize vitamin D
  • Sensory reception: contains sense organs associated with nerve endings
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What type of tissue is the epidermis made of?

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stratified squamous epithelium

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Name the layers of the epidermis starting from the bottom to top most

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  • stratum basale
  • stratum spinosum
  • stratum granulosum
  • stratum lucidum
  • stratum corneum
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Describe the stratum basale: What is the stratum basale located? What happens in this area? What cells are in stratum basale? What do they do?

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  • deepest layer of epidermis; attached to underlying dermis
  • cells actively divide
  • tactile epithelial cells: associated with sensory nerve endings
  • melanocytes: secrete pigment melanin
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Describe the stratum spinosum: What is it made of? What cells are here and what do they do?

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  • spiny appearance
  • thick bundles of intermediate filaments (resist tension; contain protein pre-keratin)
  • dendritic cells (keratinocyte): type of macrophage; function in immune system
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Describe stratum granulosum: What does it consist of? Where keratinocytes are found here?

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  • few layers of keratinocytes
  • keratohyaline granules: help form keratin
  • lamellar granules: contain waterproofing glycolipid
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What layer of the epidermis is ONLY found in thick skin? What areas of the body can you find thick skin?

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  • stratum lucidum
  • location: palms, soles
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Describe the stratum corneum. What is this layers function?

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  • thickened plasma membrane + thick layer of dead keratinocytes (no nuclei)
  • protects skin against abrasion and penetration
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What are the four main cells types found in the epidermis? Describe their location and main function

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  • keratinocytes: stratum spinosum; produce keratin (fibrous protein)
  • dendritic cells: stratum spinosum; part of immune system; macrophage-like
  • melanocytes: basal layer; manufacture and secrete pigment melanin
  • tactile epithelial cells: basal layer; attached to sensory receptors
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Name the cell that is the most abundant in the epidermis, arises from the deepest layer of the epidermis, produces a tough fibrous protein, antibiotics, and enzymes, and is dead at the skin’s surface

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keratinocytes

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What layer of the skin contains strong, flexible connective tissue and is richly supplied with blood vessels and nerves?

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dermis

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Name they two layers of the dermis

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  • papillary dermis (includes dermal papillae)
  • reticular dermis (80% of thickness of dermis, rich nerve supply)
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What is the function of dermal papillae?

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increases surface area for gas, nutrient, waste exchange

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What do dermal papillae lie on?

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dermal ridges

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What are epidermal ridges? What do they do?

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  • are elevations of dermal ridges
  • form fingerprints and increase the gripping ability of hands and feet
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What tissue is the reticular dermis made of?

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dense irregular connective tissue

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17
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What can be found in dense irregular connective tissue?

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  • cleavage lines: separation between collagen fibers
  • collagen fibers give skin strength
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What are flexure lines? What specific layer of the skin is this found in?

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  • deep creases in palms, wrists, soles, fingers, and toes
  • reticular dermis
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Describe the hypodermis. What tissue is it made of and what are its functions?

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  • areolar + adipose CT
  • anchors skin to underlying structures
  • helps insulate body
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20
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What sensation is associated with free nerve endings?

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light touch; hot; cold; pain

21
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What sensation is associated with Merkel’s discs?

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sustained touch and indented depth (indentation)

22
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What sensation is associated with Ruffini corpuscles?

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skin stretch

23
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What sensation is associated with Meissner’s corpuscles?

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changes in texture; slow vibrations

24
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What sensation is associated with Pacinian corpuscle?

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deep pressure, fast vibrations

25
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Name the receptor who’s structure is being described: unmyelinated dendrites of sensory neurons

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free nerve endings

26
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Name the receptor who’s structure is being described: expanded dendritic endings associated with 50-70 specialized cells

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merkels discs

27
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Name the receptor who’s structure is being described: enlarged dendritic endings with open, elongated capsule

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ruffini corpuscle

28
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Name the receptor who’s structure is being described: dendrites encapsulated in connective tissue

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meissners corpuscle

29
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Name the receptor who’s structure is being described: dendrites encapsulated by concentric lamellae of connective tissue structures

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pacinian corpuscle

30
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Describe hair

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  • flexible strand of dead, keratinized cells
  • hard keratin: tough and durable
31
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What are the chief parts of a hair

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  • root (embedded in the skin)
  • shaft (projects above skins surface)
32
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Name the concentric layers of keratinized cells that make up hair. Describe the layer

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  • medulla: central core
  • cortex: surrounds medulla
  • cuticle: outermost layer
33
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What describes the thing that “extend from the epidermis into the dermis”

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hair follicle

34
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What is the name for “deep, expanded end of the hair follicle”

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hair bulb

35
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What is the name for “knot of sensory nerves around hair bulb”

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root plexus

36
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Describe the arrector pili muscle: What is it made of and what does it do?

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  • bundle of smooth muscle
  • hair stands erect when arrector pili contracts
37
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Where are sebaceous glands found?

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  • over entire body, except palms and soles
38
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What do sebaceous glands secrete?

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sebum (an oily substance)

39
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What are the functions of sebum?

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collects dirt; softens and lubricates hair and skin

40
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What is in sebum?

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simple alveolar glands

41
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Name the process in which the entire cell breaks up to form secretion

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holocrine secretion

42
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What is a blood filtrate?

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sweat

43
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What does sweat contain?

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  • 99% water w/ some salts
  • traces of metabolic waste (urea, ammonia, uric acid)
44
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What are the two types of sweat glands?

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  • apocrine sweat gland
  • eccrine sweat gland
45
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What gland is the most numerous and produces true sweat?

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eccrine sweat gland

46
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What areas is apocrine gland confined to?

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  • axillary
  • anal
  • genital areas
47
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Describe the sweat the apocrine gland produces

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  • musky odor (attracts a mate)
  • signals information about a person’s immune system
48
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What glands are modified apocrine glands?

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  • ceruminous glands
  • mammary glands
49
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What is another name for the sweat gland

A

sudoriferous gland

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