Recent Lessons

Show all results for ""

Feature Overview

Ace your exams with our all-in-one platform for creating and sharing quizzes and tests.

Quizzes

Create quizzes and tests automatically from your content using AI.

Flashcards

Automatically turn your notes into digital flashcards.

Share, Export & Embed

Share with classmates or export to Excel and your learning management system.

Stats & Reporting

Auto-grading quizzes and tests with detailed stats and reports.

Mobile Apps

The smarter way to study – wherever you are.

Pricing

Search...

6 Questions

8 Views

Ageing - Skin

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz

Study Flashcards

Spaced Repetition

Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What are the structural changes to ageing skin?

Loss of rete ridges, thinner epidermis, smoother epidermal/dermis barrier, less adherence

Increased expression of matrix metalloproteases (MMP) does what?

Degrade Fibrillins/GAGs

Degrade Collagen/Elastin (correct)

Form Collagen/Elastin

Form Fibrillins/GAGs

What does this induce?

Apoptosis

What does UV light/smoking affect?

DNA stability, mutations, promotor cellular malignant transformations Signup and view all the answers

How does UV light/smoking affect DNA stability?

Accumulation of ROS, and p53 inability to remove them Signup and view all the answers

What is the inflammation of the skin caused by?

Interleukins, immunosuppression and MMP Signup and view all the answers

Ageing - Skin

Choose a study mode

Podcast

Questions and Answers

What are the structural changes to ageing skin?

Increased expression of matrix metalloproteases (MMP) does what?

What does this induce?

What does UV light/smoking affect?

How does UV light/smoking affect DNA stability?

What is the inflammation of the skin caused by?

More Like This

Skin Anatomy and Care Quiz

Integumentary System Overview

CH5 - Skin Repair, Aging, Persp, Pigmentation

Upgrade to continue