Skin

Question 1

Answer 1

Eccrine sweat glands and ducts

D eccrine ducts S eccrine secretory gland

My myoepithelial cells

Question 2

Answer 2

Landerhans cells

CP cytoplasmic processes L Langerhans cells

Question 3

Answer 3

Meissner’s corpuscles

E epidermis M Meissner’s corpuscles

Question 4

Answer 4

Melanocytes

M melanocytes

All are sitting on an indistinct basement membrane. The cytoplasm of the melanocyte has no tonofibrils but contains scanty tiny round or oval dark-staining bodies.

Question 5

Answer 5

Merkel cells

Question 6

Answer 6

Pacinian corpuscles

PC are large encapsulated sensory receptors responsive to pressure or coarse touch, vibration and tension, and are found in deep layers of the skin, ligaments, and joint capsules…..

Question 7

Answer 7

Pilosebaceous unit

Question 8

Answer 8

Sebaceous gland

F hair follicle G sebaceous gland M arrector pilli muscle

Arrector pilli muscle of each follicle consists of a bundle of smooth muscle fibers.

Question 9

Answer 9

Sebaceous gland in more detail

Question 10

Answer 10

Skin diagram