Science Ch 12 Skin Vocabulary

the top layer of skin

• epidermis

• dermis

• melanin

• pore

the second layer of skin under the epidermis

• dermis

• melanin

• oil gland

• pore

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

the coloring of the skin

• melanin

• nerve

• pore

• epidermis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the print made by the ridges of the fingertips

• fingerprint

• skintprint

• ridgeprint

• pointprint

a tiny pathway that carries messages to and from the brain

• nerve

• pore

• sweat gland

• melanin

a thin tube that carries blood throughout the body

• blood vessel

• sweat gland

• oil gland

• dermis

a special structure in the skin that makes sweat to cool the body

• sweat gland

• oil gland

• blood vessel

• fingerprint

a tiny opening or the skin's surface where the body releases sweat

• pore

• sweat gland

• oil gland

• nerve

a gland found at the base of each hair that releases oil to protect the body

• oil gland

• sweat gland

• pore

• dermis