Integumentary System - Epidermis (and some dermis)

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Across
  1. 3. older cells that are moving toward the surface of the skin
  2. 6. Type of acid needed for DNA synthesis
  3. 9. the flattening, dehydrating, and hardening of cells as they move superficially
  4. 10. specialized organelle that makes melanin
  5. 12. Redish-Yelowish pigment
  6. 13. flattened or squashed
  7. 14. Injection to the hypodermis
  8. 16. people with darker skin tones have an _____________ rate of melanin production
  9. 18. actively dividing cells
  10. 21. protein in red blood cells that caries oxygen
  11. 22. reduction of the inner diameter of a blood vessel
  12. 23. small projections
  13. 27. yellowing of the skin caused by liver issues / disease
  14. 29. patches put on the skin to slowly release medications
  15. 31. darkening of the skin caused by poorly oxygenated blood / poor circulation
  16. 33. Brownish/Blackish pigment
  17. 34. Intramuscular and Subcutaneous injections
Down
  1. 1. Dermal Papillae create these 'friction makers'
  2. 2. Injection into a vein
  3. 4. degree of burn that just affects the epidermis, red in color
  4. 5. deepest epidermal layer - made of dividing cells: contains melanocytes: stratum__________
  5. 7. bedsores or pressure __________
  6. 8. specialized cell type that makes melanin
  7. 11. cell type in contact with 'the outside world'
  8. 15. layered
  9. 17. the area of earth with the most direct/intense sunrays
  10. 19. the slightly acidic outermost layer of the epidermis.
  11. 20. widening of the inner diameter of a blood vessel
  12. 24. color of well oxygenated blood
  13. 25. layer only found in the palmar and plantar regions
  14. 26. injection just below the epidermis
  15. 28. type of tissue that functions as energy storage and insulation
  16. 30. pigment that protects DNA from damage caused by ultraviolet radiation
  17. 32. degree burn that affects the epidermis and dermis, blisters