/.apocrine glands - Answer-Referring to a gland that releases some cellular material
along with its secretions causing body odor
/.arrector pili - Answer-Muscle attached to a hair follicle that raises the hair
/.cerumen - Answer-earwax
, /.cicatrix - Answer-scar
/.cyanosis - Answer-bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting
from insufficient oxygen in the blood
/.dermatitis - Answer-inflammation of the skin
/.dermis - Answer-"true skin"; deeper part of the skin; contains blood vessels, nerve
endings and glands
/.What type of glands are eccrine glands? - Answer-Sweat glands
/.Where are eccrine glands distributed? - Answer-Throughout the body
/.How do eccrine glands regulate body temperature? - Answer-By venting sweat directly
to the skin surface
/.epidermis - Answer-outermost layer of the skin
/.erythema - Answer-redness of the skin
/.exfoliation - Answer-loss of cells from the surface of tissue, such as the skin
/.hair follicle - Answer-sheath that encloses a hair
/.integumentary system - Answer-the skin and all its associated structures
/.jaundice - Answer-yellowish skin discoloration usually due to the presence of excess
bilirubin in the blood
/.keloid - Answer-mass or raised area that results from excess production of scar tissue
/.keratin - Answer-protein that thickens and protects the skin; makes up hair and nails
/.lesion - Answer-wound or local injury
/.melanin - Answer-dark pigment found in the skin, hair, parts of the eye, and certain
parts of the brain
/.melanocyte - Answer-cell that produces melanin
/.scar (cicatrix) - Answer-fibrous connective tissue that replaces normal tissues
destroyed by injury or disease
/.sebaceous gland - Answer-gland that produces sebum (oil)
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