Skin Part 3: Integument and Barries to Infection Flashcards
What are the classifications for sensory receptors of the skin based on the source?
exteroceptor
proprioceptors
interoceptors
exteroceptor
external environment
proprioceptors
position and movement of the body
interoceptors
internal organs
What are the classifications for sensory receptors of the skin based on the stimulus?
mechanoreceptors
thermoreceptors
nociceptors
nociceptors
sense pain
thermoreceptors
respond to cold of heat
mechanoreceptors
respond to stretch, vibration, and mechanical deformation
free nerve ending
-most numerous
-surround hair follicle
-lack connective tissue capsule
Where do you find free nerve endings
in the epidermis and papillary dermis (surround hair follicles)
What is the function of free nerve endings?
modulates hot/cold, touch, pain and movement
What are Merkel Cells derived from?
neural crest
Where are Merkel Cells found
in the stratum basale
Merkel Cells contain
dense granules (hold serotonin)
What sensory cell would you find serotonin?
Merkel Cells
Meissner Corpuscles
mechanoreceptor (afferent)
where do you find Meissner Corpuscles?
in the dermal ridges
hand feet, lips, genitalia
Ruffini Corpuscles
small dermal mechanoreceptors
common in soles of the feet
Where is a common place to find Ruffini Corpuscles?
soles of the feet
Pacinian Corpuscles
mechanoreceptors
detect mechanical and vibratory pressure
where do you find Pacinian Corpuscles?
in the dermis and hypodermis
prominent in finger tips and around joints
Pacinian Corpuscles consist of _____ nerve fibers
afferent
Pacinian Corpuscles nerves are surrounded by
highly modified Schwann cells
(forms concentric lamellae separated by fluid filled spaces
Hair follicle
downgrowth of epidermis
Hair follicle produced in association with
sebaceous gland
smooth muscle (arrector pili)
arrector pili
buddles of smooth muscle
attach to hair follicle sheath
rasie hair =contraction
Goosebumps are cause normally by
sympathetic stimulation
piloerction
contract of the arrector pili
raises the hair
pilosebaceous follicle or units
follicle
sebaceous gland
smooth muscle (arrector pili)
cuticle of the hair
thin
covers the shaft
overlapping keratin
anagen
long active phase of active growth
catagen
short phase of involution
(transition)
hair growth
telogen
short inactive phase
“resting period”
hair growth