Skin Flashcards
What is the Function of Skin
Protection
Sensation
Tehrmoregulation
Metabolic Function
What does protection involve
chemical , termal and mechical mechanisms
protection against fungal and UV
What does Sensation involve
pain - to pull away
temperature
what does thermregultion involve
insulating
give off excess heat
Metabolic Function
UV –> Vitamin D
storage of energy - fat
What is the epidermis made of
epithelial
what is the dermis made of
connective tissue
what is the hypodermis made of
loose connective tissue with adipocytes
what is the dermal paillae
projections from dermis into the epidermis
what is the epidermal ridges
projections from the epidermis to the dermis
What is the epithelium of the epidermis
simple squamous keratnised epithelium
What is the general structure of the dermis
fibrous collagenous
elastic connective tissue
can have vessels nerves receptors can include glands and ducts
what is the general structure of the hypodermis
large blood vessels
adipose tissue with septa of collagen bundles
what is the direction of the collagen to the skin surface
perpendicular
what are the 4 cell found in the epidermis
Keratinocytes
Melanocytes
Antigen presenting langerhans cells
Merkl’es cells
what is septa
anchors skin to underlying tissue
what are the different layer sof keatinocytes
Stratum corneum
Stratum granulosum
Stratum spinosum
Stratum bassale
What is the stratum basale
single layer of basophilic columnar - coboidal shape on the basal lamina
what is the function of stratum basale
intense mitotic activity
act as stem cells to constantly produce epidermal cells
how thick is the stratum spinosum / what are they
5 cells thick
polyherdal / slightly flat
what is the function of stratum spinosum
actively synthesising keratin filament
why is it spinous (spine like)
desosomes attaching each other to the cells
how many days does it take for the epidermis to renew
15 - 30 days
what do keratinocytes form
tonal fibrals
where do tonal fibrals converge and terminate
at desmosomes
what happens to stratum spinosum in high pressure areas
it is thickener
how many layers for the stratum granulosum . what is it
3 - 5 layers of flattened polygonal cells
what is their cytoplasm filled with
kertaohyaline granules
what does the keratohyaline granules have when activated
profilaggrin or filagrin
what is the function of the stratum granulosum
promotes clustering of cytokeratin tonofibrils to form keratin
what does the stratum granulosum contain
lamellar bodies
what do the lamellar bodies release
glyocholopids