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str. basale
str. papillare
dermis
str. reticulare
str. reticulare dermis
adipocytes
collagen fibers
Paccinian
corpuscule hypodermis
(from external)
> str. corneum
> horny cells in various thickness
> str. lucidum
> may be absent from thin skin
> eosinophilic flattened cells in HE preparations
> str. granulosum
> is composed of up to five layers of cells
> contains strongly basophil keratohyaline granules
> str. spinosum / str. polygonale
> is of various thickness; is composed of cuboidal cells
> str. basale / str. germinativum / str. cylindricum
> single layer of cells, most of which are precursor cells
> cells are attached to the basement membrane with hemidesmosome
str. reticulare
peripheral nerve
Paccinian corpuscules
str. lucidum
str. papillare
str. reticulare
collagen fibers
> hair (pilus)
> hair root (radix pili) [1] [5]
> hair shaft (scapus pili) [2]
> hair medulla
> hair cortex
> hair cuticle [7] [6] [4]
> hair follicle (folliculus pili)
> hair bulb (bulbus pili) [3] [2]
> hair papilla (dermal papilla)
> hair matrix
> isthmus [4]
> segment between the arrector pili m.
and opening of the sebaceous gland [1]
> infundibulum [5] [3]
> accessories of the hair follicles
> glands
> sebaceous glands [6]
> apocrine sweat glands
> arrector pili m. [7]
epidermis
str. reticulare
hair follicle:
infundibulum
collagen fibers
( oblique section)
hair matrix
dermal papilla
membrana basalis
connective tissue sheath
arrows:
peripheral nerves
perineurium
peripheral nerves
Boundary between
the dermis and hypodermis
(Sudan Red and hematoxylin)
arrows: mast cells
> apocrine sweat glands
> common apocrine sweat glands on specific sites
> glands of armpit
> circumanal glands ( odoriferous glands )
> ciliary glands (Moll s glands)
> ceruminous glands (wax-secreting glands in the ear canal)
> modified apocrine sweat glands (i.e. they open free from hair follicles)
> mammary glands
> sebaceous glands
> common sebacous glands on specific sites
> glands of Zeiss
> modified sebacous glands (i.e. they open free from hair follicles)
> tarsal glands (Meibomian glands)
> Tyson's glands on the foreskin
> glands of the labium minus
> rare ectopic glands of the upper lip ( Fordyces spots )
> glands on the nipple and the areola
> subpapillary plexus
> at the boundary of the sublayers of the dermis
> gives rise to the capillary loops of the dermal papillae
> arteriovenous anastomosis / arteriolovenular shunt
> glomus bodies
> structure
> the afferent arteriole is branched and convoluted
> have relatively thick wall and small lumen
> richly innervated with sympathetic nerve fibers
> function
> bypass-regulating mechanism in the flow of blood
> cutaneous plexus
> at the boundary of the dermis and hypodermis