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Development of the integumentary system

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Embryology

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Chapter 29 Embryology: Body System Structures DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM osms.it/integumentary-system-development DEVELOPMENT OF THE SKIN Epidermis ▪ Derived from single layer of surface ectoderm ▪ In second month: cells divide, forms layer of periderm (AKA epitrichium) ▪ Cells of periderm desquamated during second ½ of prenatal life, form vernix caseosa ▪ Neural crest cells invade epidermis, form melanocytes ▫ Move to keratinocytes in skin, hair bulb ▫ Produce skin, hair pigmentation ▪ Cells in basal layer proliferate, form intermediate zone ▪ By end of fourth month, four layers complete ▫ Basal/germinative layer, spinous layer, granular layer, horny layer ▪ Hair, nails, glands all develop as epidermal proliferations Dermis ▪ Derived from mesenchyme from three sites ▪ Lateral plate mesoderm: produces dermis of limbs, body wall ▪ Paraxial mesoderm: produces dermis of back ▪ Neural crest cells: dermis of neck, face ▪ During third, fourth months, dermis forms many irregular papillary structures (AKA dermal papillae) ▫ Project upward into epidermis ▫ Contain Meissner corpuscles (AKA tactile sensory receptors) Hair ▪ Week 12: hair follicles form from cells of stratum basale ▪ Begins as epidermal proliferation that penetrates into dermis (AKA hair bud) ▪ Hair bud invaginates at terminal end, forming hair papillae ▪ Each hair papilla ﬁlls with mesoderm ▫ Vessels, nerves develop ▪ Cells of hair bud’s center become keratinized, forming hair shaft ▪ Peripheral cells form the epithelial hair sheath ▪ Mesenchyme surrounding hair bud forms dermal root sheath, attached arrector pili muscle ▪ By end of third month, ﬁrst hair appears as lanugo ▫ Begins to shed at term ▪ Sebaceous gland forms from small bud in mesoderm ▫ Secretes sebum Nails ▪ By end of third month, nail ﬁelds form from thickenings at tips of digits ▪ Nail ﬁelds form nail root through migration ▪ Growth proximal, dorsal to each side of digit ▪ Tissue proliferates around each nail ﬁeld, forming shallow depression ▪ Epidermis at nail roots differentiates into ﬁngernails, toenails ▫ Reaches tips by ninth month of development Sweat glands ▪ Eccrine glands ▫ Forms over most of body ▫ Buds arise from germinative layer ▫ Buds grow into dermis ▫ Terminal part coils, forms secretory part of glands ▪ Apocrine glands ▫ Develop during puberty over hairy parts of the body ▫ Arise from epidermal buds that produce OSMOSIS.ORG 247

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