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CMA Chapter 6
Integumentary System
Term | Definition |
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Arrector pili | Muscle associated with hair follicles |
Ceruminous glands | Glands in the ear canal that produce ear wax |
Cutaneous membrane | Skin |
Dermis | Inner layer of the skin that contains the blood vessels, nerves, glands, and hair follicles. |
Epidermis | Outermost layer of the skin |
Hypodermis | Below the skin; a sheet of areolar connective tissue and adipose beneath the dermis of the skin |
Keratinization | Process by which the cells of the epidermis become filled with keratin and move to the surface where they are sloughed off. |
Melanin | Dark brown or black pigment found in parts of the body |
Melanocytes | Cells that produce the dark or black pigment melanin |
Sebaceous glands | Oil glands of the skin that produce body oil |
Sebum | Oily secretion from sebaceous glands. |
Stratum corium | Another name for the dermis |
Stratum corneum | Outermost layer of the epidermis; consists of flattened, dead, keratinized cells |
Subcutaneous layer | Also called hypodermis or superficial fascia |
Sudoriferous glands | Glands in the skin that produce perspiration |
Sweat glands | Also called sudoriferous glands |