Chapter 3 (Skin/Blood)

outermost layer of skin comprised of dead or dying cells

fatty secretion of the sebaceous glad that helps keep the skin pliable and waterproof

true skin. it is the layer of tissue producing the epidermis and housing the blood vessels, and nerves normally associated with the skin

glad within the dermis secretes sebum

glads within the dermis that secrete sweat

body layer beneath the dermis

the body system having to do with the producion and development of blood cells, consisting of the blood marrow, liver, spleen, kidneys and the blood itself.

a cell from which the various types of blood cells can form

the process through which pluripotent stem cells differentiate into carious types of blood cells

the hormone responsible for red blood cell produciton