Skin
Of connective tissue, body covering and integumentary system. May also be referred to as cutis and tegument.
A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body".
This concept's ID is @1~28642
Macule
- macule
A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases.
- freckle
A small brownish spot (of the pigment melanin) on the skin.
- liver spot
A type of skin disease that causes brown spots on the skin.
Blemish
- whitehead
A small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland.
- blackhead
A black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin.
Nerve Ending
- free nerve ending
Microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific...
- Pacinian corpuscle
A specialized bulblike nerve ending located in the subcutaneous tissue of the...
Stratum
- cuticle
The outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates.
- dermis
The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
Also contains
- line
A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets...
- sweat gland
Any of the glands in the skin that secrete perspiration.
- skin cell
Any of the cells making up the skin.
- pore
Any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal.
- investment
Outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism.
- scab
The crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion.
- thick skin
Skin that is very thick (as an elephant or rhinoceros).
- cuticle
The dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail.
- pressure point
An area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure; "you must know the pressure...
- dewlap
A hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck.
- hangnail
A loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful...
- melanin
Insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers.
- prepuce
A fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris.
- skin graft
A piece of skin taken from a donor area and surgically grafted at the site of an injury...
- buff
Bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff".
- scalp
The skin that covers the top of the head; "they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy".
- prepuce
A fold of skin covering the tip of the penis.