structure and function

Question 1

layers of dermis

Answer 1

keratin
granular
prickle cell
basal

Question 2

which layer of the dermis has odland bodies and high lipid content

Answer 2

granular layer

Question 3

which layer contains stem cells

Answer 3

basal

Question 4

which layer is usually one cell thick

shape of cells?

Answer 4

basal

cuboidal

Question 5

what layer contains langergans cells?

Answer 5

prickle cell

Question 6

skin immune system

Answer 6

langerhans cells

Question 7

where are eccrine glands

Answer 7

whole skin surface

Question 8

what glands are dormant pre puberty

Answer 8

sebaceous

Question 9

which glands are in the axillae and groin

what are they dependent upon?

Answer 9

apocrine

androgen dependent

Question 10

where are there lots of meissners corpuscles

Answer 10

fingertips

Question 11

what are merkel cells

Answer 11

mechanoreceptors

Question 12

what do keratinocytes produce that can directly kill pathogens

Answer 12

AMPs

Question 13

what cells secrete collagen

Answer 13

fibroblasts

Question 14

what are the large granules contained in langerhans cells called

Answer 14

birbeck granules

Question 15

direct skin manifestations of obesity

Answer 15

acanthosis nigricans 
skin tags (acrochordons)
hirsutism, acne
hidradenitis suppuratira - chronic inflammatory disease where boils and abscesses form and scar in apocrine areas 
androgenic alopecia

Question 16

the skin is involved in vitamin D metabolism

Answer 16

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Question 17

MHC
does class 1 present endogenous or exogenous antigen?

Answer 17

endogenous

class 2 presents exogenous antigen

Question 18

what do plasmacytoid dendritic cells produce

in what type of skin is it found?

Answer 18

IFNalpha

found in diseased skin

Question 19

main type of T cells in the dermis

Answer 19

CD8+ T cells

Question 20

T cells in the dermis

Answer 20

CD4+ and CD8+

Question 21

TH1

Answer 21

psoriasis

Question 22

TH2

Answer 22

atopic dermatitis