Accessory Skin Structures and Skin Cancer

Vocabulary flashcards covering the definitions and characteristics of accessory skin structures, gland types, and skin cancer types from the lecture notes.

Hair

Filaments of keratinized cells.

Hair follicle

Structure that contains the hair bulb, root, and shaft where the hair comes out of.

Arrector pili

Smooth muscle that pulls on hair follicles and causes goosebumps.

Nails

Structures that provide protection from mechanical stress at the fingertips and enhanced sensitivity in fingertips.

Eccrine sweat glands

Regular sweat glands that produce watery secretions.

Apocrine sweat glands

Glands that produce thick, oily secretions in the armpits and genital area, which give body odor.

Sebaceous gland

Gland that produces sebum (oil) around hair follicles.

Ceruminous gland

Gland that produces ear wax.

Mammary glands

Glands that produce milk.

Melanoma

A skin cancer characterized by Asymmetry, irregular Borders, varied shades of Color, Diameter larger than 0.24 inch, and Evolving characteristics.