One tends to form a callus at the point of contact when shoes are worn which do not fit well, forming a consistent abrasive source on the toes.... View Article
Burns, depending on their severity, can be classified into First degree burns Second-degree burns Third-degree burns Fourth-degree burn... View Article
Sometimes, burns are assessed and expressed in words of the size of the total area that is affected. This is called the rule of nines that links... View Article
Acne is an outcome of the over-productive sebaceous glands causing blackheads to be formed and skin to be inflamed. It is disturbance of the skin... View Article
It is typically linked with hair follicles found with areas having dense hair such as genital areas, armpits. The apocrine sweat glands are... View Article
It is a keratinous filament that grows out of the epidermis. Majorly, it is made of keratinized dead cells. Hair strands originating in an... View Article
It is the most skin-deep layer of the epidermis. It is that layer that is exposed to the exterior environment. The layer derives its name from... View Article
This structure has the appearance of a grain because of additional changes to the keratinocytes as it is pushed from the stratum spinosum. The... View Article
It is spiny in appearance as a result of the protruding cell processes joining cells through desmosomes. The desmosomes lock with each other and... View Article
Connective tissues conduct several bodily functions. Primarily, it supports and connects other tissues - the connective tissue sheath surrounding... View Article
Apocrine secretion accumulates near the apical portion of the cell. This part of cells and their secretory pinch off from the cell and are... View Article
Exocrine glands based on their mode of secretion, the structure of glands, the shape of ducts, and the nature of particles they release can be... View Article
Translation comprises three main stages - Initiation - occurs with the association of a ribosome to an mRNA transcript Elongation - involves... View Article
The genetic directions applied to establish and maintain an entity are orderly oriented in DNA strands. In the nucleus are present the threads of... View Article
One of the cytoskeletal filaments is the intermediate filament. It is a filament that is intermediate in thickness between the microfilaments and... View Article
The cytoskeleton forms a network all throughout the cell. It consists of three protein-based filaments, which are intermediate filaments,... View Article
The cytoskeleton forms a complex thread-like network all through the cell. It comprises three kinds of protein-based filaments - intermediate... View Article