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23 Cards in this Set
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Alopecia |
Excessive hair loss |
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apocrine glands |
Glands located mainly in axillary and anogenital areas that secrete sweat in response to stress and sexual stimulation. |
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Arrector pili |
Muscle attached to each hair follicle; contracts in cold temperatures or as a result of emotion, which causes hair to become more upright. |
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Ceruminous gland |
Gland in the external ear canal that secretes waxy cerumen |
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Cutaneous membrane |
The skin |
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Cuticle |
fold of skin surrounding the nail body. |
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Dermis |
The layer of skin lying immediately under the epidermis. |
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Eccrine glands |
Glands located throughout the body that secrete sweat directly onto the skins surface, which helps control body temperature. |
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Epidermis |
The outter most layer of the skin. |
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Hair follicle |
A sheath of epidermis surrounding each hair. |
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Hypodermis |
subcutaneous tissue mostly composed of fat lying under the dermis. |
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Keratin |
a tough, fibrous protein that provides structural strength to the skin, hair, and nails. |
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Lunula |
cresent shaped white area at the base of the nail. |
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Melanin |
pigment produced by melanocytes that gives color to the hair and skin. |
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Melanocytes |
cells scattered throughout the basal layer of the epidermis that secrete melanin. |
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Nail bed |
layer of epithelium under the nail. |
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Nail body |
The visible part of the nail. |
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Nail root |
proximal end of the nail. |
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papilae |
finger like projections that extend upward from the dermis to connect with the bottom of the epidermis. |
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sebaceous gland |
glands that secrete an oily substance called sebum into each hair follicle. |
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Stratum basale |
The intermost layer of the epidermis, where new skin cells are germinated; also called stratum germinativum. |
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stratum corneum |
the outtermost layer of the epidermis, consisting of dead, flattened cells called keratinocytes. |
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Subcutaneous |
beneath the skin |
