Integumentary System
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| Integument | show 🗑
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| Major structures that make up the Integument | show 🗑
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| The skin is the largest organ of the body, it varies in depth over the body, if it is kept clean it is the body's first line of defense against disease,- | show 🗑
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| show | A protein that absorbs ultraviolet light to give coloration to body structures; also referred to as pigment.
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| Functions of the skin | show 🗑
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| show | Epidermis, Dermis, Dermal epidermal, hypodermis.
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| Epidermis | show 🗑
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| Dermis | show 🗑
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| Dermal Epidermal | show 🗑
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| show | Containing blood or lymph vessels.
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| show | Containing nerve endings and, therefore, can feel sensation.
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| show | A carbohydrate that contains three or more molecules of simple carboydrates.
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| Hypodermis | show 🗑
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| Areolar tissue | show 🗑
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| show | A small space or a cavity within a tissue.
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| show | Beneath the skin.
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| show | the fibrous connective tissue of the body.
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| show | Stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, stratum germinativum.
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| show | The outermost layer of the epidermis where dead cells have been converted into keratin that continually flakes off.
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| show | The water repellent, transparent inner layer of the epidermis found only on the layers of the palms of the hands and the souls of the feet.
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| show | the Latin term for "layer".
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| show | the Latin term for "horn".
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| Keratin | show 🗑
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| show | The Latin term for "clear".
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| show | The inner layer of the epidermis with dying cells that develop granules of keratohyalin in their cytoplasm.
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| Granulosum | show 🗑
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| show | A precursor for deratin.
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| show | A substance from which another substance is formed; a condition that leads to another condition.
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| show | The keratin synthesizing inner layer of the epidermis characterized by pronounced desmosomes that give the appearance of spikes running between the cells.
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| Spinosum | show 🗑
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| Desmosome | show 🗑
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| Stratum Germinativum | show 🗑
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| show | the Latin word for "germination".
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| Basale | show 🗑
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| Layers of the Dermis | show 🗑
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| show | the outer layer of the dermis that lies next to the basal layer of the epidermis and is patterned with papillae and hollows.
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| show | A protrusion that extends into the epidermal area.
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| show | the inner layer of the dermis that forms a network of interlacing cells and fibers, making this layer tough and elastic.
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| Auxiliary Appendage | show 🗑
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| show | A tube that extends from the dermis through the epidermis and to the surface of the skin.
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| show | Bundles of involuntary muscle fiber that contract against the follicle when the skin is cold or during certain emotional states, causing the hair shaft to stand upright; also called pilomotor muscle.
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| A hair consists of a part that protrudes from the skin, called the shaft, and a subdermal section called the root. | show 🗑
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| Sebum | show 🗑
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| Sebaceous Gland | show 🗑
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| Hair is found on all outer parts of the body except the penis and the contact areas of the hands and feet. | show 🗑
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| Hair on all humans has little practical function except for the eyelashes, nasal hairs, and hair on the ears, all of which provide some level of protection against dust and foreign matter. | show 🗑
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| Nails consist of epidermal cells that have been converted to keratin. | show 🗑
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| the region under a nail is called the subungual area (nail bed). | show 🗑
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| show | the Latin term meaning "little moon"; the crescent shaped white area at the base of the nail.
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| Cuticle | show 🗑
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| Sebaceous glands | show 🗑
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| Sweat Glands | show 🗑
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| show | secrete cerumen.
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| Types of nerve endings found in the skin | show 🗑
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| show | an infection and inflammation of the sebaceous glands.
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| show | A suddenly appearing raised patch that is usually redder than the surrounding skin; is often accompanied by severe itching; and is usually caused by an allergic reaction, infection, or stress.
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| show | A pressure sore that is frequently found on the sacrum, elbows, and heels.
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| Sacrum | show 🗑
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| Furuncle | show 🗑
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| Vesicle | show 🗑
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| show | a small, solid, irregularly shaped cluster of cells.
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| Polyp | show 🗑
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| show | an elevation of skin filled with pus.
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| Lumen | show 🗑
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| Pus | show 🗑
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| Cyst | show 🗑
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| show | A cleft of groove in the skin or tissue.
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| Ulcer | show 🗑
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| show | an infection of the fold of skin at the margin of a nail.
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| Onycholysis | show 🗑
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