Across
- 1. touch receptor cells associated with sensory nerve endings
- 3. large, specialized cell that engulfs and destroys target cells
- 4. yellowish orange pigment that contributes to skin color
- 5. outermost layer of the epidermis
- 8. clear layer that is present in thicker skin of hands and feet
- 10. pale, fine body hair in children and some places on adults
- 11. receptor in skin that senses heat or cold
- 12. degree of burn that involves destroying the entire thickness of the skin
- 16. hair thinning in both males and females
- 19. layer that accounts for about 80% of skins' thickness
- 20. sweat gland that opens directly onto skin surface
- 21. degree of burn that damages only the epidermis
- 23. strands of dead keratinized cells produced by follicles
- 24. Corpuscle in the skin that senses touch
- 27. elimination of nitrogenous waste from body sweat
Down
- 2. produce the protein keratin
- 5. the blood vessels do this when you are cold to direct heat to your vital organs
- 6. most dangerous kind of skin cancer
- 7. generate connective tissue when skin is injured
- 9. the blood vessels do this when you overheat in order to cool your body down
- 13. gland that secretes earwax
- 14. layer that helps bind epidermis and dermis together; forms fingerprints
- 15. Corpuscle in the skin that senses pressure
- 17. sweat gland that opens into a hair follicle
- 18. coarse, longer hair of the eyebrows, scalp
- 22. macrophage cells that help activate the immune system
- 25. degree of burn that injures the epidermis and upper dermis
- 26. layer where lamellar granules form a water repellant membrane