vocab

• adipocyte

  fat cell
• albino

  person with skin deficient in pigment
• apocrine sweat gland

  one of the large dermal exocrine glands located in the axilla and genital areas
• basal layer

  deepest region of the epidermis

  • gives rise to all the epidermal cells
• collagen

  structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue
• cuticle

  band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate
• dermis

  middle layer of the skin
• eccrine sweat gland

  most numerous sweat-producing exocrine gland in the skin
• epidermis

  outermost layer of the skin
• epithelium


  layer of skin forming the outer and inner surfaces of the body
• hair follicle

  sac within which each hair grows
• integumentary system

  the skin and its accessory structures such as hair and nails
• keratin

  hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails
• lunula

  half moon shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail
• melanin

  skin pigment formed by melanocytes in the epidermis
• paronychium

  soft tissue surrounding the nail border
• pore

  tiny opening on the surface of the skin
• sebaceous gland

  oil secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles
• sebum

  oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands
• squamous epithelium

  flat, scale-like cells composing the epidermis
• stratified

  arranged in layers
• stratum (plural strata)

  a layer (of cells)
• stratum corneum

  outermost layer of the epidermis

  • flattened and keratinized cells
• subcutaneous layer

  innermost layer of the skin

  • containing fat tissue