Review for Laboratory Exercise 7 - The Integumentary System

1. List and describe the functions of the skin 2. List and describe the different cells and proteins (melanin and keratin) of the epidermis Langerhans/epidermal dendritic cells, melanocytes, Merkel cells, keratinocytes 3. Describe the anatomical differences between the 5 different layers of the epidermis stratum corneum, s. lucidum, s. granulosum, s. spinosum, and s. basale 4. Identify the 5 different layers of the epidermis stratum corneum, s. lucidum, s. granulosum, s. spinosum, and s. basale. 5. Use the following pneumonics to list the strata of the epidermis in the appropriate sequence:
Layers presenting from deep to superficial: Before Sun Get Lots Covered Layers presenting from superficial to deep: Covers Like Good Soft Blanket

6. Describe and identify the anatomical features of dermis papillary layer, reticular layer, dermal papilla (papillae). 7. Describe and identify the anatomical features of the hypodermis 8. Identify each of the following appendages and related structures of the skin sebaceous gland, eccrine glands, apocrine glands, hair follicle, hair root, hair shaft, hair bulb, root hair plexus, arrector pili muscle, Pacinian corpuscle, Meissners corpuscle, free nerve ending 9. Describe the function of the each of the following appendages and related structures of the skin sebaceous gland, eccrine glands, arrector pili muscle, Pacinian corpuscle, Meissners corpuscle, free nerve ending