| A | B |
|---|
| Epidermis | Upper layer of the Skin |
| Stratum corneum | Outer layer of epidermis |
| Stratum Lucidum | prensent in thick skinned people |
| Stratum spinosum | Where prickle cells are |
| Stratum basale or germinativum | where the epidermis re-generates cells |
| Dermis | Second layer of the skin |
| Subcutaneous | Also called adipose layer |
| Sebaceous Gland | makes sebum or oil |
| Sudoriforous gland | makes sweat |
| Hair Shaft | Part of the hair extending out of the follicle |
| Hair Root | part of the hair where the mitotic activity occurs |
| Hair Follicle | permanent appendage of the skin from which hairs grow |
| Hair papilla | blood supply of hair |
| Arrector pili muscle | this contracts to create goose flesh |
| Meissner's corpuscle | A sensation receptor in the skin |
| Adipose | Fat |
| epidermis another name for it | stratified squamous epithelium |
| stratum lucidum | extra layer on palms and soles |
| stratum spinosum | contains pigmentation |
| stratum germinativum | mitosis layer |
| epidermis | avascular layer |
| dermis | made of loose areolar connective tissue |
| dermal papillae | dertermines fingerprints |
| dermis | vascular layer |
| Meisner's corpuscle & Merkel's discs | receptors that detect light touch |
| Pacinian Corpuscle | receptors that detect pressure |
| hair plexus | receptor for hair movement |
| free nerve endings | receptors that determine temperature & pain |
| cuticle | stratum corneum pulled with nail growth |
| nail matrix | where nail growth occurs |
| lanugo | insulating hair on a baby's body |
| medulla | hair core of hair |
| cortex | layer of hair containing pigment |
| cuticle | scaley layer of hair |
| eccrine glands | most abundant sweat glands |
| apocrine glands | axillary & genital sweat glands create scent |
| bacterial feeding | one cause of axillary odor |
| sebum | skin's oil |
| comedone--closed | white head |
| blackhead | drying sebum w/condensed melanin |
