MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The skin appendages include sweat glands, nails, and the pilosebaceous unit of the skin, comprised of the hair shaft, hair follicle, sebaceous gland, and arrector pili muscle-these appendages derive from a down growth of the epidermis beginning in the third month of fetal life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hair, skin glands (including oil and sweat glands), and nails are all considered skin appendages, and they help with regulating body temperature and protection from the environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most skin appendages are located in the dermis. These include hair follicles, sweat (eccrine), apocrine and sebaceous glands.

Detailed explanation-4: -3 Appendages. The skin appendages, such as hair follicles, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands, make the skin function well in touch, temperature sensation, excretion, perspiration, and thermoregulation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The hypodermis is not considered an epidermal appendage. The hypodermis is the loose connective tissue layer underneath the dermis.