Answer:
Skin Functions: chemical and mechanical barrier, biosynthesis, control of body temperature, sensory
Layers: Epidermis (Stratum Basale, Spinosum, Granulosum, Lucidum, Corneum) and dermis (papillary, reticular)
Mnemonic: British and Spanish Grannies Love Cornflakes
Hair Types: vellus and terminal
Structure: Follicle and bulb (shaft, inner root sheath, outer root sheath, glassy membrane)
Nails Nail plate, nail folds, nail matrix, nail bed, hyponychium
Secretory glands Sweat glands: eccrine (most numerous, covering almost the entire body) and apocrine (only in the axilla and genitalia)
Sebaceous glands: Cover the entire body and secrete sebum (oily and fatty)
Subcutaneous tissue (hypodermis)Blood supply Direct cutaneous: From the main arterial trunks
Musculocutaneous: From intramuscular vasculature after piercing muscles and spreading in the hypodermis
Fasciocutaneous: From perforating branches located deep to the deep fascia
Innervation Pacinian corpuscles, Meissner corpuscles, specific stimuli receptors
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