integumentary system - ANSSkin and it's appendages (nails, hair, and sweat and oil glands)
Dermis - ANSSecond layer of the skin that is responsible for attaching the skin to the body.
Pigment is deposited in the dermis.
Epidermis - ANSOutermost, avascular, protective layer of the skin. Constantly being worn down
and replaced.
Subcutaneous - ANSbeneath the skin
Hypodermis - ANSLayer of subcutaneous fat and connective tissue lying beneath the epidermis
Avascular - ANSwithout blood vessels
Basal layer - ANSLowest layer of the epidermis. The stratum basale (basal layer) houses
germinal cells and regenerates cells for all layers of the epidermis
stratum corneum - ANSSuperficial sublayer of the epidermis; varies in thickness over the body
Keratinocyte - ANSAny cell in the skin, hair or nails that produces keratin
Layers of the epidermis - ANScorneum, lucidum, granulosum, spinosum, basale
Organelles - ANSMicroorgans responsible for functions within the cell
Desmosomes - ANSSmall hairlike structures in the spiny layer of the epidermis
Lamellar granules - ANSControl lipids that produce natural moisturizing factor
Keratinization - ANSProgressive maturation of the keratin cell in the movement through the
stratum corneum
Lipids - ANSFat or fatlike substances that are descriptive not chemical
Cholesterol - ANSPrecursor to most steroid hormones, a single molecule is called alcohoo
Fatty acids - ANSOne of many molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in
fats and oils
Ceramides - ANSClass of lipids that do not contain glycerol