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4.2: Skin Models

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Thin skin

Thick skin

Layers of the skin:

 

Epidermis

  • Stratum corneum
  • Stratum lucidum
  • Stratum granulosum
  • Stratum spinosum
  • Stratum basale

 

Dermis

  • Papillary layer
  • Reticular layer
  • Layers beneath the skin (subcutaneous)

 

Hypodermis

  • Skin structures:

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Dermal papillae

Hair follicle

  • Root
  • Shaft
  • Hair follicle
  • Papilla
  • Arrector pilli (or piloerector m.)
  • Bulb

 

Blood vessels

Nerve endings:

  • Lamellar corpuscle
  • Tactile corpuscle

 

Glands:

  • Eccrine (merocrine) sweat gland
  • Pore
  • Duct
  • Apocrine sweat gland
  • Sebaceous glands

 

Nail

  • Eponychium
  • Hyponychium
  • Free edge
  • Lateral nail fold
  • Proximal nail fold
  • Lunula
  • Nail bed
  • Nail plate (body)
  • Nail matrix
  • Skin cells:

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Keratinocytes

Melanocytes

Fibroblasts

  •  Tissues types:

 

Stratified squamous epithelium

Areolar CT

Dense irregular CT

CT – adipose

Glandular epithelium (simple or stratified cuboidal)


This page titled 4.2: Skin Models is shared under a CC BY-SA license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Laird C. Sheldahl.

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