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Epithelial tissue

Has 3 types of tissues

Cutaneous membrane

Skin, largest and most viable

Serous membranes

Holds and support epithelial cells

Mucous membrane

Lines body surfaces that open to exterior of body

Connective tissue

Synovial membranes line the joint capsules that surround and attach bones and joint

Synovial fluid

Smooth slick thick lubricant

The skin

Is the largest organ

Epidermis

Outer layer of skin

Dermis

Deep, thick and made up of connective tissue & fat

Subcutaneous tissue

Loose connective tissue


Bottom layer of skin

Stratum germinativum

Deepest layer of the skin composed of basal cells

Keratin

Is the tough water proof layer that protects the outer layer of the skin

Pigment

Gives the skin it's color

Melanin

Brown pigment

Stratum corneum

Outermost layer of the skin

Cyanosis

The skin turning a blue gray color

What is the dermal epidermal junction

It exists between the thin epidermal layer of the skin and sits above the dermal layer

What is the small nipple like bumps that project upward from the dermis and epidermis

Dermal-epidermal junction

What is the small nipple like bumps that project upward from the dermis and epidermis

Dermal-epidermal junction

What is the dermis

The deeper and thicker layer of the skin

What is the papillary layer produce?

Finger prints

What is the papillary layer produce?

Finger prints

What is a newborns hair called

Lanugo

Where does the hair growth begin in the dermis

At the hair follicle

Where does the root of the hair lie

In the follicle

What is the shaft?

The visible part of the hair

What is the base of the follicle where hair grows called

Hair papilla

Arrector pili muscle

Tiny smooth muscle at the follicle

What muscles cause goosebumps

Arrector pili muscle

Nails

Are organs of the skin that are produced by cells in the epidermis

What is the visible part of the nail called

Nail body

What is the visible part of the nail called

Nail body

Lunula

Little moon. It's the white crescent shape on the nail

Where does the nail bed lie

Under the nail and contains blood vessels

Skin receptors

Make it possible for the body to act as a sense organ

What is the lamellar corpuscle

It detects pressure deep in the dermis

What does the Pacini corpuscle

It detects pressure deep in the dermis

The tactile corpuscle


(Meissner corpuscle)

It detects light touch

Sudoriferous gkands

Are sweat glands

Eccrine glands

Produce perspiration

Apocrine glands

Found primarily in the armpits they secrete thicker secretion

Sebaceous glands

Secrets oil for hair and skin

What is natures skin cream

Sebaceous glands

What are the functions of the skkn

Protection


Temp regulation


Sense organ activity


Excretion


Synthesis of vitamin b

Kaposi sarcoma

Immune deficiencies


Squamous cell carcinoma

Common


Slow growing, malignant tumor

Basal cell carcinoma

Is the most common


Usually appears in the upper face

Melanoma

Is the most serious cancer


It developed from a mole