Skin Pathophysiology
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1. The role of the skin as a barrier (3 physical, biological, and chemical barrier
things)
2. The epidermis is composed of hair/nails
sweat glands
avascular/aneural
3. the dermis is very WELL VASCULARIZED
4. The dermis cells' are very scattered cells
extracellular collagen and elastin
5. below the dermis is the hypodermis
6. What makes up the hypodermis (AKA subcutaneous tissue, stem vessels and nerves
superficial fascia) ex: veins
loosely adherent to superficial muscles
7. The epidermis layers stratum basale,
stratum spinosum, stratum granulosum, stratum
lucidum
stratum corneum
8. The cells at the base of the epidermis basale cells.
are called BLANK; the only real cells in
the skin that actively undergo cell divi- actively dividing kertinocytes
sion
9. melanocytes create pigments
10. where do the melanocytes inject granu- in the stratum spinosum
locytes into the cells?