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Terminology for the Integumentary System

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Dermiscontains nerve endings, glands, and hair follicles
Epidermisouter layer of skin
Subcutaneous (hypodermal)serves as a storage repository for fat
keratintough protein found in the skin, hair and nails
melaninpigment that protects the skin from harmful sun rays
melanocytesspecialized cells that produce melanin
sebacious glandsproduce sebum (oil glands)
sudoriferous glandssweat glands
maculefreckle
papulepimple
pustulewhitehead
vesiclesmall blister (chicken pox)
ulcerdepressed lesion on skin
arrector pili musclestimulates skin to pucker around hair
matrixnailbed
papillaesmall, nipple shaped elevations
escharblackened skin
whealhives
nodulewart


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