Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - The Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue - Before You Go On - Page 185: 6

Answer

Eumelanin brownish black pigment and pheomelanin reddish yellow suffer pigment and Erythema- abnormal redness of the skin. It occurs due to exercise, weather, sun burn angry.It caused by increase blood flow in dilated cutaneous blood vessels or by dermal pooling. Pallor- pale or ashen color that occurs when there is little blood flow through the skin that the white of the dermal collagen shows through. Albinism- genetic lack of melanin that usually results in milky white hair and skin, and blue gray eyes. Jaundice- yellowing of skin and whites of the eyes resulting from high levels of bilirubin in the blood.

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