Chapter 5

What is included in the integumentary system? 

What is epidermis? Where is it found?  

What are the cells that are found in the epidermis? What are their functions? 

What are the layers of the epidermis? Do you know which is most superficial?

 Do you know which is found only in thick skin? What is categorized under thick skin? 

For each layer, how thick are they? What cells are present? What is the significance of that layer? 

Where is mitosis occurring? Where do the daughter cells go? 

What/where is the dermis? What are the layers? Which one is most superficial? 

For each layer of the dermis, what is the major kind of tissue there? 

Where can I find Meissner’s corpuscles? What about Pacinian corpuscles? What is the difference between the two? 

What are the three pigments that contribute to skin color? What hue do each give? 

What are sweat glands? What are the types? Where do each empty their products? Where are each found? Which ones can cause an odor? 

What are sebaceous glands? Where are they found? Where do they empty their products?

Can you tell me about the differences between the types of skin cancers we covered? Which cell is involved? 

What layers are involved in the degrees of burns?