CAN BE FOUND ALL OVER THE SKIN EXCEPT ON THE PALMS OF THE HANDS AND THE SOLES OF THE FEET.
SEBUM
THIS IS THE PRODUCT THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS PRODUCES
SWEAT GLANDS
KNOWN AS "SUDORIFEROUS GLAND" WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE SKIN. THEIR NUMBER IS STRATEGGRING MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION PER PERSON
ECCRINE GLANDS
MORE NUMEROUS AND ARE FOUND ALL OVER THE BODY. THEY PRODCUE SWEAT CLEAR SECRETION THAT IS PRIMARILY WATER PLUS SALTS, VITAMIC C. HOT DAY-LOSE UP TO 7 LITERS OF WATER.
APOCRINE GLANDS
CONFINES TO AXILLARY AND GENITAL ARES OF THE BODY. CONTAINS FATTY ACID AND PROTEINS. BEGIN TO FUNCTION DURING PUBERTY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ANDROGENS (MALE SEX HORMONES). ACTIVATED DURING PAIN AND DURING SEXUAL AROUSAL
IDENTIFY THE STRATUM LAYERS:
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A) Stratum Corneum
B) Stratum Lucidum
C) Stratum Granulosum
D) Stratum Spinosum
E) Stratum Basale
F) Dermis
STRATUM LUCIDUM
PRESENT ONLY IN THICK SKIN (FINGERTIPS, PALMS, SOLES)
STRATUM CORNEUM
COMPOSED OF MANY SUBLAYERS OF FLAT, DEAD KERATINOCYTES CALLED CORNEOCYTES OR SQUAMES THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY SHED AND REPLACED BY CELLS FROM DEEPER STRATA
STRATUM GRANULOSUM
HELPS TO FORM A WATERPROOF BARRIER THAT FUNCTIONS TO PREVENT FLUID LOSS FROM THE BODY
STRATUM SPINOSUM
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SKIN'S STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY
STRATUM BASALE
DEEPEST TISSUE OF ENDOTERIUM. IT'S PURPOSE IS TO EXCHANGE TISSUE LOSS DURING MENSTRUATION, A LAYER THAT IS CLOSEST TO A CAVITY, CONTAINS MAJORITY GLANDS, AND UNDERGOES CHANGES WITH MONTHLY CYCLE
MEISSENER'S COPUSCLE
ARE TOUCH RECEPTORS LOCATED NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN, FOR LIGHT TOUCH.
ORGAN OF RUFFINI'S
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SENSATION OF THE STRETCH OF HE SKIN AND PERCEPTION HEAT
PACINIAN CORPUSCLE
FOR VIBRATION AND DEEP TOUCH
IDENTIFY THE SENSORY RECEPTORS
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A) HAIR ROOT
B) FREE NERVE ENDINGS
C) MEISSNER CORPUSCLE
D) PACINIAN CORPUSCLE
E) RUFFINI ENDINGS
F) MERKEL DISKS
EPIDERMIS
OUTER LAYER OF THE SKIN. COMPOSED OF SEVERAL LAYERS OF KERATINIZED CELL.
DERMIS
INNER LAYER OF THE SKIN. CONTRIBUTES STRENGTH, DISTENBILITY AND ELASTICITY