Skin as an organizing model

What is it? (Anatomy)

What does it do? (Physiology)
What is it made of? (Histology)
Where does it come from?
(Embryology)

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What is it (anatomy)?
Outer covering of body
Keratinized
Hairhead, pubic regions
Nailsfingers, toes

Divided into segments called dermatomes

(Zebra-man)
CE (clinical example): Shingles

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What does it do (physiology)?

[brainstorm]

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What does it do?

PROTECTION
Air = desiccation
Water = bloating/pruning
Sun/u-v = burns
Cold/heat = frostbite/heat
stroke/thermoregulation

STRUCTURAL
Integrity of body
Muscle attachment
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How does it do it?

PROTECTION (mostly epidermis)
Desiccationkeratin, lipid layer
Water = keratin, lipid layer
Sun/u-v = role of pigment/melanin
Cold/heat = surface blood vessels

STRUCTURAL (mostly ddermis)

IntegrityDermal layer has network of tough
collagen fibers in connective tissue
Sub-dermal layer where muscle tendons insert
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What is it made of?

(histologystudy of tissues)
Layers of skin are two
fundamental types of
tissue organization
Epidermis = epithelium
Dermis = connective tissue

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Epidermisa stratified epithelium

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Dermisconnective tissue substrate

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Skin is really an organ

Made up of two very different basic tissue
types
the epidermis which is composed of
epithelial tissues
The dermis which is composed of connective
tissue

On to a review of basic tissue types

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(Tissues presentation)

Where does it come from (Embryology)

After review of basic tissue types, on to
introduction to embryology and basic human
body plan
outer and inner tubes of body (skin as epithelial
layer and part of skeletal structure of outer tube)
Segmentation (skin reflects basic segmented
organization of human body seen in vertebrae,
ribs, nerves, etc.)
(Basic Human Body Plan presentation)

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