Vocab

Question 0

melanin

Answer 0

insoluble pigment found on all forms of life that make skin dark

Question 1

hypodermis

Answer 1

looser connective and adipose tissue. binds skin to muscles. Stores fat

Question 2

hemoglobin

Answer 2

the red pigment of blood

Question 3

carotene

Answer 3

yellow pigment; can become concentrated into various degrees in stratum corneum and subcutaneous fat

Question 4

cyanosis

Answer 4

the blueness of skin resulting in deficiency of oxygen in blood

Question 5

erythema

Answer 5

abnormal redness of the skin; sunburn, exercise, embarrassment

Question 6

hematoma

Answer 6

bruise, mass of clotted blood showing through skin

Question 7

pallor

Answer 7

temporary pale or ashen color resulting from little blood flow to skin; emotional stress, shock, cold temperatures

Question 8

albinism

Answer 8

hereditary lack of pigmentation in skin, hair, eyes; inability to synthesize melanin

Question 9

jaundice

Answer 9

yellowing of skin and white of eyes resulting from liver diseases like cancer, hepatitis, cirrhosis, and in some blood diseases

Question 10

diaphoresis

Answer 10

sweating with visible wetness of the skin

Question 11

pheromones

Answer 11

produced by apocrine sweat glands, chemicals that influence the physiology or behavior of other member of the species

Question 12

sebum

Answer 12

oily secretion produced by sebaceous glands

Question 13

cerumen

Answer 13

earwax; combined sebum and dead epidermal cells

Question 14

dermatology

Answer 14

study and clinal treatment of integument