BMS08-1007-Histology of Skin & it's Appendages

What are the functions of skin? (5)

Meissner's Corpusucles provides ... touch sensation and are located .... as ....(structure)

What about Pacinian Corpusucles?

What is the major cell type in the epidermis?

What are the 4 layers of the epidermis from the top?

What are cells in the Stratum Corneum like?
What are they linked by?

What are cells in the Stratum Corneum like?

What are cells in the Stratum Spinosum like?

What are cells in the Stratum Basale like?
What connects them to the basal lamina?
What is this the site of?

Where are melanocytes found, and what do they do?

How?

What is melanoma?

What is human vitiligo?

Which cells play a Marcophage like role in the skin, and where are they found?

What do Merkel cells do, and where are they found?

Where is the dermal papillae found?

Which layer of the skin contains blood vessels/nerves/ shunts, with parallel collagen fibers?

What are the two layers of the dermis?

What layer of the skin has loose connective tissue, adipocytes, and allows for the mobility of the skin?

How is it anchored to the deep fascia?

Merocrine sweat glands are a downgrowth from the ... and release sweat via ...
They are important in....
They are innervated by ....
The two sections are ... and ....

How is hypotonic sweat produced?

How do apocrine sweat glands release sweat?

Where are they found?

What do they secrete?

What are the four layers of concentric rings in a hair follicle?

Why are keratinocytes in the hair follicle unique?

What directs hair formation?

Can it regenerate?

Hair growth in:

1) Scalp
- Growth phase (....)
- Quiescence (....)

2) Body Hair
- Growth phase (...)
- Quiescence (...)

What bundle of SM raises hairs?

What do sebacenous glands secrete?

Where do they secrete into?

What is the mechanism of secretion?