| A | B |
|---|
| Apocrine glands | One of the sudoriferous (sweat) glands |
| Ceruminous glands | Modified sweat gland found in the external ear canal; it secretes cerumen, or ear wax |
| Conduction | Loss of heat energy as it is transferred from the warm body to a cooler object, such as a cooling blanket |
| Convection | Loss of heat energy to the surrounding cooler air. The layer of heated air next to the body is constantly being removed by a fan (or breeze) and replaced by cooler air |
| Cutaneous membrane | Skin |
| Dermis | This layer of dense connective tissue that lies under the epidermis of the skin |
| Eccrine glands | Type of sweat gland that secretes a watery substances; plays an important role in the regulation of body temperature |
| Epidermis | Outer epithelial layer of the skin |
| Evaporation | Loss of heat as water changes from the liquid to the vapor or gas state |
| Keratin | A protein found in the skin, hair, and nails; it hardens the cells and makes them water resistant |
| Melanin | Pigment responsible for the color of the skin and hair |
| Radiation | 2 |
| Sebaceous glands | 1 |
| Stratum corneum | 3 |
| Stratum germinativum | 4 |
| Subcutaneous glands | 5 |
| thermoregulation | 6 |
