Across
- 2. a hormone essential for the absorption of calcium and phosphorus by the small intestine
- 4. a bundle of smooth muscle cells that extend from the papillary dermis to the connective tissue sheath that surrounds each hair follicle
- 6. attaches the integument to deeper structures
- 11. another word for keratinized
- 15. life-threatening skin cancer that rapidly metastasizes through the lymphatic system
- 16. only four layers of skin that cover the body
- 19. below the epidermis
- 20. second layer of epidermis where cells continue to divide
- 21. most common skin cancer which originates in the stratum germinativum
- 23. protein that makes skin water-resistant and durable
- 24. absorbed, modified, and released by the liver and then converted by the kidneys into calcitriol
- 25. the most superficial layer of the epidermis
- 26. aka hypodermis
- 27. oil glands (holocrine glands) that discharge and oily lipid secretion into hair follicles
Down
- 1. organs that produce hair
- 3. skin
- 5. consists of loose connective tissue that supports and nourishes the epidermis
- 7. layer of cells firmly attached to the basement membrane
- 8. an orange-yellow pigment that normally accumulates in epidermal cells
- 9. found on the palms and soles
- 10. lubricates the hair and skin and inhibits the growth of bacteria
- 12. consists of cells displaced from the stratum spinosum
- 13. consists of an interwoven meshwork of dense, irregular connective tissue
- 14. less common cancer that involve superficial layers of epidermal cells
- 17. a peg of connective tissue containing capillaries and nerves
- 18. a brown, yellow-brown, or black pigment formed by melanocytes
- 20. only in thick skin
- 22. extend into the dermis, increasing the area of contact between the dermis and epidermis