Across
- 5. Thickened layer of skin surrounding fingernails and toenails
- 9. Attached the skin to underlying bone and muscle
- 12. Corpuscle found in dermis that detects simultaneous stimulation at 2 points on skin
- 13. Results when the skin is overstretched, causing dermis to rupture and leave lines in epidermis
- 15. Most common cell of the epidermis
- 16. Epidermis does not contain blood vessels. True or False?
- 17. Most potent UV ray; major cause of basal and squamous cell carcinoma
- 18. Deficiency of this element results to brittle, spoon-shaped nails
Down
- 1. Most common type of sweat glands
- 2. Most abundant protein which mainly constitutes the dermis
- 3. Skin classification marked with the absence of s.lucidum and is more flexible
- 4. Skin CA type that is develops from preexisting mole
- 6. Site storage and transport of melanin
- 7. Thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, especially in an area that has been subjected to friction
- 8. Part of the hair that is visible
- 10. Relative measure of how long a sunscreen will prtect you from UV rays
- 11. Hair that is fully matured
- 13. Layer of the skin where keratin fibers and lamellar bodies accumulate
- 14. Vascular epidermis upon which most of the fingernail or toenail rests
- 15. Intracellular fibrous protein that gives hair, nails, and skin their hardness and water-resistant properties