and correct answers, with complete solution. 2024.
What is melanin?
Gives our skin its color.
What is keratine?
Gives skin a yellow undertone.
What is another name for the dermis?
True skin or Living layer
What is the stratum corneum?
Over most layer. Protects and sheds
What is the stratum lucidum?
Only found on our palms and soles. Lets light through.
What is the stratum granulosum?
Helps the cells die.
What is the stratum spinosum?
First line of defense.
What is the stratum basal layer? (germinitivum)
Produces melanocytes which gives skin its color.
What is the papilary layer?
Gives our skin elasticity.
What is the reticular layer?
Thickest and largest layer of the skin.
What is the subcutaneous layer?
Deepest layer.
What is adipose tissue?
Fat tissue.
, What does "phases" stand for?
Protection, Heat Regulation, Absorption, Sense, Excretion, Secretion.
What are afferent neurons?
Sensory neurons.
What are efferent neurons?
Motor neurons.
Where are apocrine pheromones located?
Armpits and groin.
What are eccrine glands?
All over the body, but mostly on forehead, soles of the feet, and palms.
What is krause?
Cold.
What is ruffini?
Heat.
What are merckle cells?
Allow the skin to feel soft touch.
What are pacinian cells?
Allow skin to feel pressure and vibration.
What are MAST cells?
Keep blood vessels expanded.
What are meissner's corpuscles?
Touch receptors.
What is the pituitary gland?
Master gland, tells other glands to release hormones.
What is your thyroid gland?
Produces hormones that regulate metabolism, body heat, and bone growth.
What is your parathyroid gland?
Controls the amount of calcium in our bones.
What is the adrenal cortex?