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what is the top-most layer of the epidermis?
stratum corneum
what is the "basement"/deepest layer of the epidermis?
stratum basale
what forms your fingerprint?
timing of volar pad disappearance and ridge formation
what are the three types of fingerprints?
whorl, loop, and arch
where are apocrine glands located?
armpits and genital area
sudoriforous glands release…
sweat
make a transparent watery liquid called perspiration or sweat. helps to get rid of waste and maintain body temperature.
eccrine sweat glands
sebaceous glands release…
oil
Oily substance produced by sebaceous glands
sebum
near the surface of the skin, sense light touchs
meissner’s corpuscle
deep in the dermis, senses pressure and heavy touch
pacinian corpuscle
responds to pain/temperature
free-nerve ending
receives stimuli from within the body (muscle tension)
muscle spindle
largest and most exposed part of nail. the part you paint.
nail body
the base of the nail where the nail begins to grow (located deeper than the skin and cuticle)
nail root
fold of skin that hides the nail roots
cuticle
the whitish half moon shape piece that is the only visible piece of the nail root
lunula
area where cells are located beneath the nail body
nail bed
small muscle attached to each hair
arrector pili muscle
the bumps where the dermis goes into the epidermis (forms fingerprints)
dermal papilla
central part (may be absent in some hairs)
medulla
what causes goosebumps?
contraction of arrector pili muscle
single layer of cells that overlap eachother like shingles on a roof
cuticle
hair underneath the skin
hair root
the area where the hair grows and then melanocytes make color
hair bulb
hair above the skin
hair shaft
make dark skin pigment called melanin
melanocytes
stem cells in dermis
mesenchyme
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