What is the purpose of nerves and special sensors in the skin?
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Skin in the primary defense against?
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What hormones does the skin synthesize?
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What does vitamin d do?
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What is he major mineral found in bone?
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What are the important elements in the Epidermis?
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What are the accessory structures in the Skin?
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What is the LARGEST human organ?
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How many layers does the skin contain?
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What is the outermost part of the skin?
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What is the deeper than the epidermis?
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What separates the epidermis from the dermis?
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Is the epidermis thick or thin?
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Does the epidermis contain ANY structures?
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Does the dermis contain any structures?
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What is the epidermis?
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What pool of cells constantly reproduce the skin cells?
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Which skin layer is deeper, the stratum corneum or the basale layer?
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What are epidermal stem cells called?
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What is the deepest/first layer of the epidermis?
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Which cells divide in the epidermis?
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In skin cancers which layers can participate in runaway cell growth?
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Where can melanocytes be found?
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What do melanocytes produce?
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What is the second layer that pushes up from the basement layer only found on thick skin?
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What is the name and type of cells in the stratum spinosum?
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What joins the cuboidal cells in the stratum spinosum?
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What appearance does the plump cuboidal sells have when their dried out?
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What tough fibrous protein accumulated as it's pushed to the surface?
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What are the cells of keratin called?
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What are dendritic Cells?
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As the stratum spinosum mature they ___ and from the____.
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How does the stratum granulosum gets its name?
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What happens as keratinocytes as they accents to the top layer?
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What are featureless sheets of cells called in the thick skin of the palms and soles?
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Where is the stratum Iucidum NOT present?
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What is the outermost layer of the skin?
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Whats the purpose of the Stratum Corneum?
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Where does melanocytes originate from?
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Genetic differences in skin color reflect what?
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Why do your skin wrinkle when wet?
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Melanin protects what of the skin?
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An Abnormal accumulation of blood that is yellow is called what?
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If the skin contains a orange-yellowish pigment that can typically be found in vegetables, what is that called?
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The __ corpuscles in the skin register pressure.
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The __ corpuscle is a tactile sensory receptor that responds to light touch.
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The __ is made up of dense irregular connective tissue
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Stratum __ is the epidermal layer in thick skin where the stratum corneum is thickened.
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__ thickness or 3rd degree burns nclude the epidermis, dermis and possibly bone and muscles.
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What cells are found in the stratum spinosum
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Little Juliette, aged 2, will only wear orange clothes and eat orange food. Her mother fears that she has jaundice, because her skin is yellow. The doctor informs her that excessive intake of orange vegetables is the cause, a condition called
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What is the 3rd out of he 5 layers pushed up from the basement membrane?
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What's another term for the "Stratum Basale" Layer?
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The papillary layer of the dermis contains what kind of tissues
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The Reticular layer contains what type of tissue?
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Where can Meissners corpuscles be found in the dermis?