Ch 3 Homework

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

epidermis ; Dermis

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What separates the dermis from the underlying tissue?

hypodermis

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What layer is the only living layer of the epidermis?

Basal layer

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Sensory receptors are located in the ______________________ layer of skin

Dermis

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Nails and hair are composed of a hard protein called?

keratin

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What is the pigment that gives skin its color?

Melanin

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Another name for the dermis is

corium

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The nail body is connected to underlying tissue by the

nail bed

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sebaceous glands

glands that release their product directly into hair follicles

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sweat glands

glands that release their product into a duct

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Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

a nail

ungual

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Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

the skin

cutaneous

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Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

above the skin

epidermal

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Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

below the skin

hypodermic

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Give the adjective form for this anatomical structure:

within the skin

intradermal

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

melanoma

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

melanocyte

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

hardened skin

scleroderma

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

white skin

leukoderma

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

red skin

erythroderma

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

onychomalacia

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

paronychia

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

onychophagia

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

onychectomy

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The hypodermis (subcutaneous layer) is composed primarily of:

fats, lipocytes