RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT
Assessment task is to demonstrate your research and knowledge skills in the following aspects of facial treatments:
Anatomy/physiology of the skin and its contents
You are required to research the topics listed below. Once you have completed your research, please explain each topic to demonstrate your knowledge.
1. Access anatomical charts, models or chemistry publications and label this diagram of a cell.
In the table over the page, write a brief description and their primary function:
Cell Membrane/Plasma membrane; Mitochondria; Golgi Apparatus/Golgi Complex; Nucleus; Ribosomes; Lysosomes; Centrioles
2. You are required to label the following diagram showing the:
• Epidermis (including the five layers)
• Dermis
• Hypodermis
3. Please briefly explain what body flora means.
4. Please briefly explain the main functions and roles of the following:
Vitamin D synthesis
Protection
Excretion
Body temperature
regulation
The function and role of the following glands
Homeostasis
Melanocytes and keratinocytes and their responses to UV light
Describe the Electromagnetic spectrum
Stages in wound healing including:
• Hypertrophic
• Keloid
• Origin and evolution of scars
5. The Endocrine system and reproductive system play an integral role in the hormonal influence on the skin. Explain how hormones effect the skin and write a brief description covering each point below:
a) Brief overview of the role of hormones from birth to ageing
b) Growth and healing
c) Hair growth and loss
d) Pigmentation
e) Skin changes during the menstrual cycle
f) Age related hormonal change and the skin (including menopause, hot flushes and the effects of hormone therapy on the skin)
Brief overview of the role of hormones from birth to ageing
Growth and healing
Hair growth and loss
Pigmentation
Skin changes during the menstrual cycle
Age related hormonal change and the skin
The effects of drugs and hormone therapy on skin physiology
6. You are required to label the following diagram of the nerves in the skin.
Free nerve endings, Meissner corpuscles, Merkel discs, Pacinian corpuscles, Krause end bulbs, Ruffini endings, root hair plexus.
7. You are required to put the correct nerve next to the correct sensation and location
Free nerve endings, Ruffini organs, Meissner corpuscles, Merkel cells, Kraus receptors, Pacinian corpuscles
Type of nerve
Kraus receptors
Pacinian corpuscles
Free nerve endings
Ruffini organs
Meissner corpuscles
Merkel cells
Free nerve endings