What is the integument?
Skin covering the body
What is the largest organ of the body?
Skin
What is the average weight of all the skin on the body?
6 pounds
What do the sweat glands do?
Secrete sweat
What is sweat made up of?
Water, salt, and other chemicals
What do sebaceous glands do?
Secretes sebum
,What is sebum?
oily substance that protects skin from dehydration
What is the epidermis?
Outer layer of skin
What is the deepest layer of the epidermis?
stratum germinativum
What is the layer of the epidermis above the stratum germinativum?
stratum spinosum
What is the layer of the epidermis above the stratum spinosum?
stratum granulosum
What is the layer of the epidermis above the stratum granulosum?
stratum lucidum
,What is the most superficial layer of the epidermis?
stratum corneum
What layer of the epidermis are new skin cells generated?
stratum germinativum
What is melanin?
Pigment that colors the skin
What layer is melanin found?
Stratum germinativum
Which layer means "spiny layer"?
Stratum spinosum
Which layer contains Langerhans cells?
Stratum spinosum
, What do Langerhans cells do?
Protect the skin from invading microorganisms?
What is the common organic component that both the stratum granulosum and stratum lucidum hav
Keratin
What makes up the stratum corneum?
Dead skin cells
What makes up the dermis?
Connective tissue
What does the dermis contain?
Nerves, blood vessels, sebaceous and sweat glands, elastic fibers, hair follicles, lymphatics
What is a macule?
Flat and discolored spot on the skin
Skin covering the body
What is the largest organ of the body?
Skin
What is the average weight of all the skin on the body?
6 pounds
What do the sweat glands do?
Secrete sweat
What is sweat made up of?
Water, salt, and other chemicals
What do sebaceous glands do?
Secretes sebum
,What is sebum?
oily substance that protects skin from dehydration
What is the epidermis?
Outer layer of skin
What is the deepest layer of the epidermis?
stratum germinativum
What is the layer of the epidermis above the stratum germinativum?
stratum spinosum
What is the layer of the epidermis above the stratum spinosum?
stratum granulosum
What is the layer of the epidermis above the stratum granulosum?
stratum lucidum
,What is the most superficial layer of the epidermis?
stratum corneum
What layer of the epidermis are new skin cells generated?
stratum germinativum
What is melanin?
Pigment that colors the skin
What layer is melanin found?
Stratum germinativum
Which layer means "spiny layer"?
Stratum spinosum
Which layer contains Langerhans cells?
Stratum spinosum
, What do Langerhans cells do?
Protect the skin from invading microorganisms?
What is the common organic component that both the stratum granulosum and stratum lucidum hav
Keratin
What makes up the stratum corneum?
Dead skin cells
What makes up the dermis?
Connective tissue
What does the dermis contain?
Nerves, blood vessels, sebaceous and sweat glands, elastic fibers, hair follicles, lymphatics
What is a macule?
Flat and discolored spot on the skin
