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Most heat loss happens thru the skin is by radiation. If environmental temperature
is hot or hotter than the body, heat cannot be loss by radiation then evaporation by
perspiration becomes the means of getting rid of excess heat. (evaporation
however is decreased by high humidity) Convection and Conduction are other
means by which heat may be loss.
5. Excretion: salts, CO2 and small amounts of waste products are lost thru the skin and
in gland secretions
o Excretion of nitrogenous waste like urea, ammonia,
Structural composition of Skin:
1. Epidermis: superficial thinner portion composed of epithelial tissue
2. Dermis: deeper, thicker connective tissue portion
Epidermis
Cells of the Epidermis
1. Keratinocytes
90% of epidermal cells
Produce the protein keratin
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Sensory Receptors :
Classification:
1. Location
Exteroceptors/ Cutaneous: near the body surface
i. Detect pressure, touch, pain and temperature
Visceroceptors/ Interoceptors: located internally
i. Stimulated by pressure, stretching, chemical changes
ii. Hunger, thirst
Proprioceptors: skeletal muscle, joint capsules and tendons
i. Body movement, orientation in space and muscle stretch
2. Stimulus detected
Mechanoreceptors: mechanical stimuli, deform or change position of
receptor
Chemoreceptor: change in chemical concentration, taste, smell
Thermoreceptors: changes in stimuli
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Healing of wounds:
Epidermal Wound healing:
Healing from wounds that affect the epidermis only
Eg. Abrasions, minor burns
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Basal cells of epidermis surrounding the wound break contact with the
basement membrane and migrate as a sheet until advancing cells from all
sides meet
Contact inhibition: cellular response that stops migration when epidermal cells
encounter one another
Epidermal growth factor: hormone that stimulate basal cells to divide to
replace the ones that have migrated to the wound.
Deep wound healing:
When injury extends to dermis and subcutaneous layers
Inflammatory phase:
o Blood clot knits the wound edges loosely
o Inflammation: eliminate microbes, foreign materials and dead tissues
Migratory phase:
o Clot becomes a scab
o Epithelial cell migrate beneath the scab to bridge the wound
o Firoblasts begin synthesizing scar tissue and damaged blood vessels
begin to regrow
o Granulation tissue: tissue that fills up the wound
Proliferative phase:
o Extensive growth of epithelial cells beneath the scab
o Further scar formation and growth of blood vessels
Maturation phase:
o Scab sloughs off once epidermis ahs been restored to normal thickness
o Collagen fibers become more organized
o Fibroblast decrease in number
o Blood vessels are restored to normal
Fibrosis: process of scar tissue formation
Hypertrophic scar
Keloid