Hair and Hair Follicles Anatomy

What is the function of melanocytes in the skin?

Which of the following layers of the hair shaft produces the hair?

What is the thickened region of the stratum corneum beneath the free edge of a nail called?

Which skin cell type is responsible for resisting invasion by microbes?

Which term refers to the smooth muscle bundle that contracts to raise hair?

What is the outermost layer of the hair shaft called?

Which part of the nail is responsible for producing new growth?

What skin function is related to protection against microbes, heat, and chemicals?

What skin function relates to aiding in the absorption of calcium and synthesis of vitamin D?

Which layer of the skin contains Langerhans cells and which layer contains macrophages that protect against infection?

Which layer of the epidermis is responsible for producing keratohyaline granules that help in keratin formation?

What is the function of melanocytes in the skin?

Which layer of the epidermis contains a few rows of clear, flat dead keratinocytes and is only present in thick skin?

Which pigment found in plants accumulates in the stratum corneum and hypodermis of the skin?

Which layer of the dermis contains projections that indent the epidermis and contain capillary loops and touch receptors?

What is the main function of sebaceous glands in the skin?

Which type of sweat glands are mostly abundant on the palms of hands, soles of feet, and forehead?

What is the main function of keratinocytes in the epidermis?

'Lines of cleavage' in the skin are formed by bundles of which fibers in the dermis?

Where are Langerhans' cells found in the epidermis?

Which layer of the skin is composed of fibrous connective tissue and is vascularized?

Which cell type in the epidermis produces the fibrous protein keratin and is tightly connected by desmosomes?

Where are melanocytes located in the skin?

What is the function of melanin produced by melanocytes in the skin?

Which region is mostly adipose with some areolar connective tissue, insulates, absorbs shocks, and anchors the skin loosely to muscles?

In which layer of the epidermis are Langerhans' cells located?

Which cell type in the epidermis forms a network around keratinocytes and is part of the immune system?

Which layer of the epidermis contains mostly dead and keratinized cells?

"Basal cells migrate to bridge gaps in broken tissue" is a process that occurs primarily in which layer of the skin?

Which skin cell type is responsible for producing collagen fibers to fill gaps during wound healing?