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pallor/blanching Question 2: modified apocrine sweat gland in external ear canal that secrete cerumen
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ceruminous glands
Question 3: found all over body except palms & soles
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sebaceous glands
Question 4: hypodermis is also called
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superficial fascia
Question 5: low pH of skin secretions is called
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acid mantle Question 6: spines of keratinocytes, in spinosum layer, do not exist in living cells; they are __ that arise during tissue preparation when cells shrink but numerous desmosomes hold tight
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artifacts Question 7: true, or frank, baldness; genetically determined, sex-influenced condition
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male pattern baldness Question 8: many cell layers of dead keratinocytes filled w/keratin (outermost layer of skin)
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Stratum corneum
Question 9: coarse, long hair of eyebrows, scalp, axillary & pubic regions
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terminal
Question 10: deeper layers of epidermis form nail __
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bed Question 11: stratum spinosum contains web-like system of intermediate filaments, mainly tension-resisting bundles of __ __, which span their cytosol to attach to desmosomes
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prekeratin filaments Question 12: epidermis is __ and relies on capillaries in the underlying connective tissue for its nutrients
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avascular
Question 13: result from local accumulation of melanin
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freckles & pigmented moles Question 14: which mechanism provides synthesis of vitamin D; destruction of cancer-causing chemicals; activation of some steroid hormones
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metabolic functions Question 15: holocrine glands that secrete an oily substance called sebum to lubricate skin and hair
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Sebaceous glands
Question 16: absorption of lead results in
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anemia & neurological defects
Question 17: dermis is composed of two layers, __ & __
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papillary; reticular Question 18: major portion of hair follicles, as well as oil/sweat glands, are derived from __ tissue but reside in dermis
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epidermal
Question 19: same bacterium that causes peptic ulcers
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possible cause of rosacea Question 20: dermal papillae w/overlying epidermal ridges that form friction ridges on palms, fingers, soles, & toes
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fingerprints
Question 21: respond to stimuli arising outside body; cutaneous sensory receptors
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exteroreceptors
Question 22: loss of hair
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alopecia Question 23: melanocytes are stimulated to greater activity by __ secreted by surrounding keratinocytes when exposed to __
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chemicals; sunlight Question 24: burns where entire thickness of skin consumed, resulting in burned area appearing white, red, or blackened
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third-degree Question 25: Merkel cells, melanocytes, & Melanin granules are contained in stratum __
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basale
Question 26: modified apocrine sweat gland, specialized to secrete milk
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mammary glands
Question 27: epidermis is exposed to __ environment
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external
Question 28: modified apocrine glands that secrete earwax
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Ceruminous glands