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43 Cards in this Set
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Layer of translucent cells in thick skin containing dead keratinocytes. |
Stratum Lucidum |
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Two layers containing dead cells |
Stratum Corneum Stratum Lucidum |
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Dermal layer responsible for fingerprints |
Papillary layer |
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Vascular layer of skin (as a whole) |
Dermis as a whole |
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Major skin area as a whole that produces derivatives (nails and hair) |
Epidermis as a whole |
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Epidermal layer exhibiting the most rapid cell division. |
Stratum basale |
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Layer including scalelike dead cells, full of keratin, that constantly slough off. |
Stratum Corneum |
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Layer filled with intermediate filaments |
Stratum spinosum |
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Major skin area as a whole that has abundant elastic and collage mic fibers. |
Dermis as a whole |
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Location of melanocytes and tactile (Merkel) cells. |
Stratum basale |
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Area where weblike pre-keratin filaments first appear. |
Stratum spinosum |
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Layer of areolar connective tissue. |
Papillary layer |
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Produces an accumulation of oily material that is known as a blackhead. |
Sebaceous glands |
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Produces an accumulation of oily material that is known as a blackhead. |
Sebaceous glands |
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Tiny muscles, attached to hair follicles, that pull the hair upright during fright or cold. |
At rector pili |
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Produces an accumulation of oily material that is known as a blackhead. |
Sebaceous glands |
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Tiny muscles, attached to hair follicles, that pull the hair upright during fright or cold. |
At rector pili |
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Sweat gland with a role in temperature control |
Eccrine sweat gland |
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Produces an accumulation of oily material that is known as a blackhead. |
Sebaceous glands |
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Tiny muscles, attached to hair follicles, that pull the hair upright during fright or cold. |
At rector pili |
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Sweat gland with a role in temperature control |
Eccrine sweat gland |
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Sheath formed of both epithelial and connective tissues |
Hair follicle |
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Produces an accumulation of oily material that is known as a blackhead. |
Sebaceous glands |
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Tiny muscles, attached to hair follicles, that pull the hair upright during fright or cold. |
At rector pili |
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Sweat gland with a role in temperature control |
Eccrine sweat gland |
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Sheath formed of both epithelial and connective tissues |
Hair follicle |
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Less numerous type of sweat-producing gland; found mainly in the pubic and axillary regions |
Apocrine sweat glands |
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Produces an accumulation of oily material that is known as a blackhead. |
Sebaceous glands |
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Tiny muscles, attached to hair follicles, that pull the hair upright during fright or cold. |
At rector pili |
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Sweat gland with a role in temperature control |
Eccrine sweat gland |
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Sheath formed of both epithelial and connective tissues |
Hair follicle |
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Less numerous type of sweat-producing gland; found mainly in the pubic and axillary regions |
Apocrine sweat glands |
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Found everywhere on the body except the palms of hands and soles of feet |
Sebaceous glands |
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Primarily dead/keratinization cells |
Nails and hair |
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Primarily dead/keratinization cells |
Nails and hair |
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Specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature, touch etc. |
Cutaneous receptors |
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Primarily dead/keratinization cells |
Nails and hair |
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Specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature, touch etc. |
Cutaneous receptors |
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Secretes a lubricant for the hair and skin |
Sebaceous glands |
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Primarily dead/keratinization cells |
Nails and hair |
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Specialized nerve endings that respond to temperature, touch etc. |
Cutaneous receptors |
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Secretes a lubricant for the hair and skin |
Sebaceous glands |
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"Sports" a lunule and a cuticle. |
Nail |
