Structure and Function Small Group Work

Question 1

Two main layers of skin?

Answer 1

Dermis and Epidermis

Question 2

Basic tissue groups found in skin?

Answer 2

Epithelium 
Nervous tissue 
Connective tissue 
Adipose tissue 
Hair 
Muscle 
Glands

Question 3

What does epithelium in the skin consist of?

Answer 3

Stratified squamous epithelium

Question 4

What glands are particularly common on the face?

Answer 4

Sebaceous glands

Question 5

Derived from the epidermis.
Lobulated masses in dermis which usually secrete an oily substance into hair follicle to coat hair and skin.
Not present in palm and sole skin

Answer 5

Sebaceous glands

Question 6

Found over the whole body except the lips & genitals.

Coiled tubular structures which regulate heat and salt loss. What are these glands?

Answer 6

Eccrine glands

Question 7

Limited to axillae/nipple/genitals.

Develop at puberty and open into hair follicles. What are these glands?

Answer 7

Apocrine glands

Question 8

Nervous Tissue of the skin? Types of nerves/function?

Answer 8

Meissner’s corpuscles (for tactile sensation) and Pacinian corpuscles (deep pressure) are found in the dermis, while free nerve endings (for pain) are located in the basal layer of the epidermis

Question 9

Structure of a nail?

Answer 9

Nail plate –sits on the nail bed
•Matrix –cells divide and then produce hard keratin
•Cuticle –extension of the skin fold covering the nail root
•Hyponychium–secures the free nail edge