Shared Flashcard Set

Details

LOM CH. 16
SKIN
24
Medical
Undergraduate 1
03/03/2013

Additional Medical Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
ADIPOCYTE
Definition
FAT CELL.
Term
ALBINO
Definition
PERSON WITH SKIN DEFICIENT IN PIGMENT (MELANIN).
Term
APOCRINE SWEAT GLAND
Definition
ONE OF THE LARGE DERMAL EXOCRINE GLANDS LOCATED IN THE AXILLA AND GENITAL AREAS. SECRETES SWEAT THAT, IN ACTION WITH BACTERIA, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN BODY ODOR.
Term
BASAL LAYER
Definition
DEEPEST REGION OF THE EPIDERMIS;  IT GIVES RISE TO ALL THE EPIDERMAL CELLS.
Term
COLLAGEN
Definition
STRUCTURAL PROTEIN FOUND IN THE SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE.
Term
CUTICLE
Definition
BAND OF EPIDERMIS AT THE BASE AND SIDES OF THE NAIL PLATE.
Term
DERMIS
Definition
MIDDLE LAYER OF THE SKIN.
Term
ECCRINE SWEAT GLAND
Definition
MOST NUMEROUS SWEAT-PRODUCING EXOCRINE GLAND IN THE SKIN.
Term
EPITHELIUM
Definition
LAYER OF SKIN CELLS FORMING THE OUTER AND INNER SURFACES OF THE BODY.
Term
HAIR FOLLICLE
Definition
SAC WITHIN WHICH EACH HAIR GROWS.
Term
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
Definition
THE SKIN AND ITS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES SUCH AS HAIR AND NAILS.
Term
KERATIN
Definition
HARD PROTEIN MATERIAL FOUND IN THE EPIDERMIS, HAIR, AND NAILS.
Term
LUNULA
Definition
THE HALF-MOON-SHAPED, WHITISH AREA AT THE BASE OF A NAIL.
Term
MELANIN
Definition
MAJOR SKIN PIGMENT.  IT IS FORMED BY MELANOCYTES IN THE EPIDERMIS.
Term
PARONYCHIUM
Definition
SOFT TISSUE SURROUNDING THE NAIL BORDER.
Term
PORE
Definition
TINY OPENING ON THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN.
Term
SEBACEOUS GLAND
Definition
OIL-SECRETING GLAND IN THE DERMIS THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH HAIR FOLLICLES.
Term
SEBUM
Definition
OILY SUBSTANCE SECRETED BY SEBACEOUS GLANDS.
Term
SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM
Definition
FLAT, SCALE-LIKE CELLS COMPOSING THE EPIDERMIS.
Term
STRATIFIED
Definition
ARRANGED IN LAYERS.
Term
STRATUM
Definition
A LAYER (OF CELLS).
Term
STRATUM CORNEUM
Definition
OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS, WHICH CONSITS OF FLATTENED, KERATINIZED CELLS.
Term
SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER
Definition
INNERMOST LAYER OF THE SKIN, CONTAINING FAT TISSUE.
Term
EPIDERMIS
Definition
OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE SKIN.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!