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What is melanin? Gives our skin its color.
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What is keratine? Gives skin a yellow undertone.
What is another name for the dermis? True skin or Living layer
What is the stratum corneum? Over most layer. Protects and sheds
Only found on our palms and soles. Lets
What is the stratum lucidum?
light through.
What is the stratum granulosum? Helps the cells die.
What is the stratum spinosum? First line of defense.
What is the stratum basal layer? (ger- Produces melanocytes which gives skin
minitivum) its color.
What is the papilary layer? Gives our skin elasticity.
What is the reticular layer? Thickest and largest layer of the skin.
What is the subcutaneous layer? Deepest layer.
What is adipose tissue? Fat tissue.
Protection, Heat Regulation, Absorption,
What does "phases" stand for?
Sense, Excretion, Secretion.
What are afferent neurons? Sensory neurons.
What are efferent neurons? Motor neurons.
Where are apocrine pheromones locat-
Armpits and groin.
ed?
All over the body, but mostly on forehead,
What are eccrine glands?
soles of the feet, and palms.
What is krause? Cold.
What is ruffini? Heat.
What are merckle cells? Allow the skin to feel soft touch.
What are pacinian cells? Allow skin to feel pressure and vibration.
What are MAST cells? Keep blood vessels expanded.
What are meissner's corpuscles? Touch receptors.
Master gland, tells other glands to re-
What is the pituitary gland?
lease hormones.
What is your thyroid gland? 1/5
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Produces hormones that regulate me-
tabolism, body heat, and bone growth.
Controls the amount of calcium in our
What is your parathyroid gland?
bones.
What is the adrenal cortex? Outer portion of the adrenal gland.
What is the pancreas? Breaks down sugars, fats, and starches.
Gives you adrenaline and makes you
What is the adrenal medulla?
sweat?
What endocrine gland will stimulate ex-
Adrenal medulla.
ocrine?
Infertility, hair growth, and irregular peri-
What does PCOS cause?
ods.
What is hypertrichosis? Excessive hair growth.
What is idiopathic hirsutism? No cause or reason for hair growth.
What is iatric hirsutism? Drug induced hair growth.
What are the 3 layers of the hair? Cuticle, cortex, medulla.
What is the hardest bacteria to kill? Endospores.
How long does a hepatitis b vaccination
15 years.
last?
How do electrons flow? From negative to positive.
What is anaphoresis? Irritated skin.
What is the wavelength of yag? 1064nm
What is the wavelength of diode? 810nm
What is the wavelength of alex? 755nm
What is the wavelength of ruby? 694nm
What is lye? Salt, oxygen, and hydrogen.
Electrical resistance is measured in? Ohm.
What hormone does a sudoriferous
Apocrine pheromones.
gland secrete?
How is blanching caused?
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