stratumbasale | | the proper name for your cuticle |
lunule | | muscle that gives you goose bumps |
ceruminous | | formed because the boundary between the epidermis and dermis are uneven |
hemoglobin | | part of the nail taht extends past the edge of your finger |
corns | | decline in this will cause gray hair |
papillary | | Cell type that function in the sensation of touch |
bulb | | type of gland that secretes sweat onto the skin for cooling |
root | | percent of people in the world that have natural red hair |
albinism | | found at the base of the hair follicle where blood vessels are found |
seconddegree | | glands found in the armpit and groin area, become active at puberty |
melanin | | another name for a sweat gland |
carotene | | burn that forms blisters and damages the epidermis and dermis |
reticular | | oxygen-carrying pigment in the red blood cells |
hypodermis | | skin layer that marks the transition between metabolically active deep strata and the superficial dead strata |
eponychium | | Fibrous protein that protects and waterproofs the skin |
Melanocytes | | the skin underneath your nail is called the nail _____ |
Sratumludcidum | | disease where people have melanocytes but can not produce melanin |
sratumspinosum | | pigment that affects how dark skin will be |
freeedge | | second deepest, thicker layer of the skin |
Keratin | | glands that secrete earwax |
bed | | region of the dermis where hair follicles, nerves, and glands are found |
dermis | | if you get this kind of burn your skin will turn black, red, or white and you may need a skin graft |
Stratumcorneum | | later of the skin that have spine like projections to hold the cells tightly together |
suderiferous | | yellow-orange pigment |
sebaceous | | what the blood vessels do when your body gets too cold |
two | | deepest layer of the skin |
fingerprints | | region of the dermis where the surface area is increased due to projections called dermal papillae |
freckles | | found below the dermis, attaches the skin to underlying organs and tissues |
thirddegree | | this is caused when melanin accumulates in patches |
shaft | | Cell type that absorbs UV radiation from sunlight to prevent mutations |
sratumgranulosum | | type of burn you get when you have a sunburn |
Merkel | | what your blood vessels do when your body gets too hot |
tyrosinase | | most superficial layer of the skin |
eccrine | | portion of the hair taht projects from the skin surface |
firstdegree | | layer that is only present in thick skin |
dilate | | portion of the hair that is deep to the shaft and penetrates the dermis |
arectorpili | | the white cresent shaped area at the base of the nail |
constrict | | keratinized conical masses that form on the toes |
apocrine | | type of gland that produces oil |