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| HYPODERMIS/SUPERFICIAL FASCIA |
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| IMMEDIATELY DEEP TO THE DERMIS AND PRIMARILY ADIPOSE TISSUE; NOT CONSIDERED PART OF THE SKIN |
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| EPITHELIAL CELLS THAT FUNCTION MAINLY TO PRODUCE KERATIN FIBRALS; MOST COMMON EPIDERMAL CELL |
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| FIBROUS PROTEIN THAT GIVES THE EPIDERMIS ITS DURABILITY AND PROTECTIVE CAPABILITIES |
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| SPIDERY BLACK CELLS THAT PRODUCE THE BROWN TO BLACK PIGMENT; SKIN TAN IS THE INCREASE IN MELANIN PRODUCTION DUE TO EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT |
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| ALSO CALLED EPIDERMAL DENDRITIC CELLS, THESE PHAGOCYTIC CELLS (MACROPHAGES) PLAY A ROLE IN IMMUNITY |
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| IN CONJUNCTIONS WITH SENSORY NERVE ENDINGS, THEY FORM A SENSITIVE TOUCH RECEPTORS CALLED MERKEL DISCS LOCATED AT THE EPIDERMAL-DERMAL JUNCTION |
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| (BASAL LAYER) SINGLE ROW OF CELLS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE DERMIS. CELLS ARE CONSTANTLY UNDERGOING MITOTIC CELL DIVISION; 1/4 ARE MELANOCYTES; DEEPEST LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS |
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| (SPINEY LAYER)SEVERAL CELL LAYERS IMMEDIATELY SUPERFICIAL TO THE BASAL LAYER; PART OF THE EPIDERMIS; CONTAIN THICK WEBLIKE BUNDLES OF FIBERS |
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| (GRANULAR LAYER) THIN LAYER NAMED FOR ABUNDANT GRANULES ITS CELLS CONTAIN (LAMINATED AND KERATOHYALIN) UPPER BORDER OF THIS LAYER THE CELLS START TO DIE |
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| CONTAIN A WATERPROOFING GLYCOLIPID THAT IS SECRETED INTO THE EXTRACELLULAR SPACE |
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| COMBINE WITH THE INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS IN THE MORE SUPERFICIAL LAYERS TO FORM THE KERATIN FIBRILS. |
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| (CLEAR LAYER) VERY THIN TRANSLUCENT BAND OF FLATTENED DEAD KERATINOCYTES WITH DISTINCT BOUNDRIES; NOT PRESENT IN AREAS OF THIN SKIN |
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| (HORNY LAYER) CONSISTS OF 20-30 SOME CELL LAYERS; ACCOUNTS FOR THE BULK OF THE EPIDERMAL THICKNESS; DEAD AND THEIR FLATTENED SCALELIKE REMNANTS ARE FULLY KERATINIZED AND RUB OFF CONSTANTLY |
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| MOST SUPERFICIAL DERMAL LAY; UNEVEN AND HASE FINGER LIKE PROJECTIONS FROM ITS SUPERIOR SURFACE CALLED DERMAL PAPILLAE WHICH ATTACH IT TO THE EPIDERMIS ABOVE IT |
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| FINGER LIKE PROJECTIONS WHICH ATTACH THE PAPILLARY LAYER TO THE EPIDERMIS ABOVE IT |
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| DEEPEST SKIN LAYER; CONTAINS MANY ARTERIES, VEINGS, SWEAT AND SEBACEOUS GLANDS, AND PRECIAL RECEPTORS |
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| (BEDSORES) OCCUR IN BEDRIDDEN PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT TURNED REGULARLY ENOUGH |
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| SKIN TISSUES BECOME YELLOWED AND ALMOST ALWAYS DIAGNOSTIC FOR LIVER DISEASE |
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| BRONZING OF THE SKIN THAT HINTS A PERSONS ADRENAL CORTEX IS HYPOACTIVE |
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| FOUND NEARLY ALL OVER THE SKIN, EXCEPT FOR THE PALMS OF THE HANDS AND THE SOLES OF THE FEET. DUCTS USUALLY EMPTY INTO A HAIR FOLLICLE BUT SOME OPEN DIRECTLY INTO THE SKINS SURFACE |
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| MIXTURE OF OILY SUBSTANCES AND FRAGMENTED CELLS; LUBRICANT THAT HELPS KEEP SKIN SOFT AND MOIST AND HAIR FROM BECOMING BRITTLE |
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| SWEAT (SUDORIFEROUS) GLANDS |
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| EXOCRINE GLANDS THAT ARE WIDELY DISTRIBUTED IN THE SKIN; TWO SUBCATEGORIES: ECCRINE AND APOCRINE GLANDS |
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| DISTRIBUTED ALL OVER THE BODY; PRODUCE CLEAR PERSPIRATION CONSISTING OF PRIMARILY WATER, SALT, UREA |
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| FOUND PREDOMINATELY IN THE AXILLARY AND GENITAL AREAS; SECRETE A MILKY PROTEIN AND FAT RICH SUBSTANCE (ALSO CONTAINING WATER, SALTS, AND UREA) |
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| ENCLOSES HAIR, ALSO AND EPITHELIAL STRUCTURE |
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| PORTION OF THE HAIR THAT IS ENCLOSED IN THE FOLLICLE |
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| PORTION OF THE HAIR THAT PROJECTS FROM THE SCALP SURFACE |
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| WELL NOURISHED GERMINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS AT THE BASAL END OF THE FOLLICLE |
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| SMALL BANDS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE THAT CONNECT EACH HAIR FOLLICLE TO THE PAPILLARY LAYER OF THE DERMIS |
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| ROOT OF THE NAIL IS EMBEDDED IN THE SKIND AND ADHERES TO THIS EPITHELIAL STRUCTURE |
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| BORDERS OF THE NAIL ARE OVERLAPPED BY THESE SKIN FOLDS |
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| COMMONLY CALLED THE CUTICLE; IS THE THICK PROXIMAL NAIL FOLD |
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| THICKENED PROXIMAL PART OF THE NAIL BED THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NAIL GROWTH |
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