Skin Notes Flashcards
List 4 things about epidermis
Surface layer, dead, protects, contains pigments
List 5 functions of the skin
1 protects 2 prevents infections 3 regulates body temp 4 removes waste products 5 gives you sense of touch
List 4 things about dermis
Deeper layer, blood vessels, nerves, oil and sweat glands
List 2 things about the hypodermis
Fat layer, major blood vessels
Melanin
Brownish black
Carotene
Reddish orange
Hemoglobin
Pinkish red
What happens when a blood vessel warms up
It dilates
What happens when a blood vessel cools down
It constricts
Living layer of epidermis, mitosis occurring
Inner layers
Dead layer of epidermis
Outer layers
Tough protein made in epidermis
Keratin
Epidermis only, redness
1st degree
Epidermis and dermis, blisters/peeling
2nd degree
Epidermis dermis and subcutaneous, will not heal itself/ have to graft skin
3rd degree
Lack of melanin In skin
Albanism
Too much yellow bile tea stoned into the bloodstream
Jaundice
Name 2 functions of the dermis
Controls body temp
Controls water levels in body
Regular water loss
Eccrine
Sticky smelly cloudy
Apocrine
Oil glands
Sebaceous
Wax
Ceruminous gland
Milk
Mammary gland
Below skin
Root
