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Wonder why you Tan? Basal Layer- special cells called melanocytes Produce black pigment called Melanin Sun exposure increases the rate of melanin production resulting in a tan

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Wonder why you Tan?. Basal Layer- special cells called melanocytes Produce black pigment called Melanin Sun exposure increases the rate of melanin production resulting in a tan. Different Pigmentations. Albino- marked deficiency of pigmentation. Why do we Sweat?. Two Important Glands - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Wonder why you Tan?

Wonder why you Tan?

• Basal Layer- special cells called melanocytes– Produce black

pigment called Melanin

– Sun exposure increases the rate of melanin production resulting in a tan

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Different Pigmentations

• Albino- marked deficiency of pigmentation

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Why do we Sweat?

• Two Important Glands– First Gland

Sudoriferous (sweat)• Produces sweat

through the pores, plentiful on palms, soles, forehead, and armpits

• Main function to cool the body, excrete waste, and moisten cells

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Why do we get Acne?

• Second Gland – Sebaceous (oil)

gland– Yield an oily

secretion called sebum

– Sebum helps destroy harmful organisms on skin

– Blocked ductules lead to sebum build up and acne

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Loss of hair?

• The bottom of the hair follicle is covered in papilla

• The papilla reproduces and is responsible for formation of hair

• Hair loss occurs from death of papillae

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Hair Color

• Melanocytes found at the base of the hair follicle– Melanocytes

produce melanin which ranges in color from yellow to reddish brown to black

– Varying amounts of melanin produce ranging colors of hair

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Fat

• Adip/o

• Lip/o

• Steat/o

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Skin

• Cutane/o• Dermat/o• Derm/o• -derma

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Sweat

• Hidr/o

• Sudor/o

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Dry, scaly

• Ichthy/o

• Xer/o

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Horny Tissue

• Kerat/o

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Black

• Melan/o

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Fungus

• Myc/o

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Nail

• Onych/o

• Ungu/o

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Hair

• Pil/o

• Trich/o

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Hardening

• Scler/o

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Sebaceous

• Seb/o

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Scale

• Squam/o

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Foreign, Strange

• Xen/o