WorksheetSkin Anatomy and Dermatology Vocabulary Quiz
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This college-level vocabulary worksheet provides 35 skin anatomy and dermatology terms paired with detailed definitions for matching. Terms cover skin layers (epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous tissue), pigmentation (melanin, melanocytes, eumelanin, pheomelanin), structural proteins (collagen, elastin, keratin), and skin appendages (hair follicles, sweat glands, sebaceous glands). Useful for healthcare students, nursing prerequisites, or anatomy courses reviewing integumentary system structure.
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- a. Arrector pili muscles
- b. barrier function
- c. broad-spectrum sunscreen
- d. Collagen
- e. dermal papillae
- f. dermatologist
- g. dermatology
- h. dermis
- i. elastin
- j. dermal-epidermal junction
- k. epidermis
- l. eumelanin
- m. hair papillae
- n. keratin
- o. melanin
- p. melanocytes
- q. motor nerve fibers
- r. papillary layer
- s. pheomelanin
- t. reticular layer
- u. sebaceous glands
- v. sebum
- w. secretory coil
- x. secretory nerve fibers
- y. sensory nerve fibers
- z. stratum corneum
- aa. stratum germinativum
- bb. stratum granulosum
- cc. stratum lucidum
- dd. stratum spinosum
- ee. subcutaneous layer
- ff. subcutaneous tissue
- gg. sudoriferous glands
- hh. sweat glands
- ii. tactile corpuscles
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