Across
- 4. the outermost layer of the epidermis
- 10. a small tubular cavity containing the root of a hair,
- 12. A reaction to injury or infection that is characterized by pain, redness, and swelling,
- 14. glands Ducts that empty into hair follicles, excreting oily substances,
- 15. Outermost layer of the skin,
- 16. Darker pigment that gives hair a brown-black color,
- 18. Protective coverings on the ends of the fingers and toes,
Down
- 1. modified apocrine glands, which, together with sebaceous glands, produce the cerumen, the ear wax
- 2. separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment.
- 3. a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing.
- 4. the deepest layer, separated from the dermis by the basement membrane (basal lamina) and attached to the basement membrane by hemidesmosomes,
- 5. Lighter pigment that gives hair more reddish yellow color,
- 6. specialised cells involved in the detection, phagocytosis and destruction of bacteria and other harmful organisms
- 7. The inner layer of the skin,
- 8. The dark pigment synthesized by melanocytes; responsible for skin color,
- 9. Composed of connective and adipose (fat) tissue that connects the skin to the surface muscles,
- 11. a protein that helps form hair, nails and your skin's outer layer
- 13. a small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter (sebum) into the hair follicles to lubricate the skin and hair.
- 14. any abnormal enlargement of a body part.
- 17. denoting multicellular glands which release some of their cytoplasm in their secretions,