Spectrumed Refresher Discussion: Skin Ana/Aesthetic Med

What is the body‘s largest organ?

• Lungs

• Heart

• Skin

• Bones

This one function of the skin that contains variety of nerve endings that jump to heat, touch, pressure, vibration and tissue injury

• Sensation

• Absorption

• Water resistance

• Thermoregulation

Skin renews itself every how many days?

• 30 days

• 25 days

• 28 days

• 24 days

This function of the skin provides a relatively dry and semi-permeable barrier to fluid loss.

• Sensation

• Storage and synthesis

• Thermoregulation

• Control of evaporation

The slow turnover rate of the epidermal cells lead to? All are correct, except:

• Collapse of fibroblasts

• Reduction in the number of fibroblasts

• Fragmentation of melanin

• Impaired moisture barrier

What are the signs of aging skin? All are correct, except:

• AOTA

• Dryness of skin

• Double chin

• Loose skin

• NOTA

Types of scar: a thick raised scar, that may regress overtime.

• Atrophic scar

• Keloid

• Hypertrophic scar

• Stretch Marks

Example of an atrophic scar.

• Ice pick scar

• Stretch marks

• Hypertrophic scar

• Contracture scar

Hair stage wherein the hair is growing.

• Anagen

• Catagen

• Telogen

This is a cement that holds everything together.

• Collagen

• Melanocytes

• Keratinocytes

• Lagerhans cells