Skin Flashcards
1
Q
Type of hair
A
Lanugo - foetus - thin, soft, replaced after birth
Vellus- replace lanugo soft, fine
Terminal - thick, dark, long produced by testosterone
2
Q
Mechanoreceptors
A
End bulbs - Thermoreceptors
Free nerve endings - nociceptors - pain
Tactile disks - merkel cells (thick skin) - touch Meissner cells (thin skin)
Meissner corpuscle - tapping and flicking
Pacinian corpuscle - pressure
Raffinis corpuscel - joint movements
Root hair plexus - vibrations
3
Q
Nail
A
Nail plate
Nail bed
Nail matrix
Surrounding grooves