Category Archives: Human Anatomy
Hair Loss and its Treatment
What do doctors call this condition? мебели Alopecia мебелиWhat is this condition? Hair loss usually occurs on the scalp; hair loss elsewhere on the body is less common and less conspicuous. In the nonscarring form of this disorder, the hair … Continue reading
Know about Epidermis Glands in human skin
Apocrine Sweat Glands Apocrine sweat glands develop, like sebaceous glands, from follicular epithelial cells. For this reason their ducts open into the follicular lumina. They are phylogenetic remnants of the sexually important scent glands of animals but seem to have … Continue reading
Anatomy and Physiology of Human
The skin is an impressively large and heavy organ. It occupies well over a square meter of surface area and accounts for about 20% of total body weight. As the boundary between our body and a hostile world, it serves … Continue reading
What are Melanocytes?
Melanocytes account for about 1 % of the cells of the epidermis. These dendritic, pigment-producing cells are derived from the neural crest and are first identified in the epidermis in 8-week-old embryos. In normal skin, they are found exclusively in … Continue reading
Layers of the Skin
Epidermis The epidermis is the outermost layer of the skin and is the thinnest of the three layers. In practical terms, it 3 is no thicker than three or four pages of this book. The epidermis is responsible for the … Continue reading