Ch 3 Homework

The two layers of skin are the superficial _______ and the deeper _______

epidermis ; Dermis

What separates the dermis from the underlying tissue?

hypodermis

What layer is the only living layer of the epidermis?

Basal layer

Sensory receptors are located in the ______________________ layer of skin

Dermis

Nails and hair are composed of a hard protein called?

keratin

What is the pigment that gives skin its color?

Melanin

Another name for the dermis is

corium

The nail body is connected to underlying tissue by the

nail bed

sebaceous glands

glands that release their product directly into hair follicles

sweat glands

glands that release their product into a duct

Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

a nail

ungual

Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

the skin

cutaneous

Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

above the skin

epidermal

Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

below the skin

hypodermic

Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

within the skin

intradermal

combining form melan/o (= black) : black tumor

melanoma

combining form melan/o (= black) : black cell

melanocyte

Use the suffix -derma (= skin) to write a term that means:

hardened skin

scleroderma

Use the suffix -derma (= skin) to write a term that means:

white skin

leukoderma

Use the suffix -derma (= skin) to write a term that means:

red skin

erythroderma

combining form onych/o (= nail) : abnormal softening of the nail

onychomalacia

combining form onych/o (= nail) : infection around the nail

paronychia

combining form onych/o (= nail) : nail eating/ biting

onychophagia

combining form onych/o (= nail) : removal of the nail

onychectomy

The hypodermis (subcutaneous layer) is composed primarily of:

fats, lipocytes