5. Integumentary System Flashcards
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2 parts of the integumentary system
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Epidermis
Dermis
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Lining of epidermis
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Stratified squamous
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4 cell types in epidermis
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“KeMeLangMerks”
Keratinocytes
Melanocytes
Langerhans cells
Merkels cells
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Most numerous cell in the epidermis
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Keratinocytes
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Cells that produces keratin
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Keratinocytes
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Most numerous protein in the skin or epidermis
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Keratin
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Most numerous protein in the body
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Collagen
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Most numerous protein in the muscle
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Actin
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Most numerous protein in the BLOOD
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Albumin
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Cells that produce melanin
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Melanocytes
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Yellow-red melanin
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Pheomelanin
“Pheow.. Yellow”
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Brown-black melanin
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Eumelanin
“Eu.. You”
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Protects us from UV
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Melanocytes (melanin)
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Are melanocytes resistant or sensitive to light/UV?
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Very sensitive to UV or Light
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What is the embryonic origin of melanocytes
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Neural crest cells
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2 cells that are derived from neural crest cells
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Melanocytes
Neuroglia (glial cells)
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Supporting cells of neurons
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Neurogli or glial cells
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Macrophage of the epidermis
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Langerhans cells
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Epidermal layer where langerhans are present
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Stratum spinosum
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Mechanoreceptor for sense of TOUCH seen in the epidermis
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Merkel cells
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Mechanoreceptor for LIGHT TOUCH that is seen in the dermis
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Meissner corpuscles
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Which is more sensitive Merkel or Meissner?
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Meissner corpuscles
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Least numerous cell in the epidermis
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Merkel cells
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Merkel cells are located in what layer of epidermis
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Stratum basale
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Layers of epidermis (from superficial to deep)
"Come Lets Get Some Beer"
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Stratum: Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Spinosum
Basale
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Deepest layer of epidermis
Basale
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2 epidermal layers which are sites of tonofilament production
Basale and spinosum
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Layer of epidermis with highest mitotic activity of keratinocytes
Stratum basale
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Future keratin
Tonofilaments
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2 other names of stratum spinosum
Spiky layer
| Prickle cell layer
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Epidermal cell layer with decreased mitotic activity of keratinocytes
Spinosum
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Combination of stratum basale and spinosum
Stratum germinativum aka Malphigian layer
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Disease assoc with ABSENCE of melanin
Albinism
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Disease assoc with DEFICIENCY in melanin
Vitiligo
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Amino acid needed to produce melanin, dopamine, epinephrine, norepinephrine and tyroxine
Tyrosine
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Tyrosine give rise to: (3 derivatives)
Melanin
Dopamine
Tyroxine
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DOPA gives rise to:
DOPA ➡️ Dopamine ➡️ Norepinephrine ➡️ Epinephrine
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Disease assoc with LACK OF DOPAMINE which results to involuntary movements
Parkinson's disease
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Drug of choice for Parkinson's disease
Levadopa (L-Dopa)
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Tyroxine gives rise to:
T3 and T4
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Other name for T3
Triiodothyronine
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T4 is aka
Thyroxine
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Which is more potent, T3 or T4?
T3
| Tulfo triplets = matapang = more potent
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More numerous but no use, T3 or T4?
T4
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Epidermal layer where cells are undergoing Apoptosis
S. Granulosum
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2 granules in S. Granulosum
Keratohylin granules
| Lamellar granules
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Granules which converts tonofilaments to keratin
Keratohylin granules
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Granules in S. Granulosum which is a layer of lipid for protection
Lamellar granules
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Other term for S. Lucidum
Clear cell layer / Translucent layer
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S. Lucidum is found in _____ skin (3 examples)
Thick skin (palm, soles, fingertips)
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Syndrome assoc with Palmoplantar Keratoderma (abnormal thickening of palm and sole)
Papillon-Lefevre syndrome
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Dental manifestation of Papillon Lefevre syndrome
Periodontitis in children (puppy = child)
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2 diseases assoc with periodontitis in children
✔️ Papillon-Lefevre syndrome (puppy = child)
| ✔️ Chediak-Higashi syndrome (chanak = child)
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Disease assoc with CAFE AU LAIT SPOTS and PERIO in children
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
| "C" - Chediak: Cafe
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Thickest layer of epidermis
Stratum corneum
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Other term for S. Corneum
Horny layer
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Abnormal thickening of stratum corneum due to constant friction
Callus
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Excess keratinocytes shedding from scalp
Dandruff
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Layers of "S.C.A.L.P."
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Skin
Connective tissue
Aponeurosis
Loose connective tissue
Periosteum
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Sheddings from other parts of the body (libag)
Dander
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Skin disease where keratinocytes divide and move more quickly than normal
Psoriasis
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3 signs and symptoms of Psoriasis
Silvery scales
Monroe's abscess
Auspitz sign
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Abscess assoc with psoriasis; Cardinal sign of Psoriasis
Monroe's abscess
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Bleeding spots in psoriasis
Auspitz sign
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Abscess assoc with Osteomyelitis
Brodies abscess
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Causative agent of Osteomyelitis
Staph. Aureus
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Staphylococcus aureus which is a common bacteria in the skin which also has 2 charac:
Pus producing
| Antibiotic resistant
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3 assoc with MOTH EATEN radiographic appearance
Ewing's sarcoma
External root resorption
Osteomyelitis
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Malignant cell tumor with 2 Rx app: MOTH EATEN and ONION SKIN
Ewing's sarcoma
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Dermis is made up of what fibers (2)
Collagen and elastic fibers
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Provides blood supply for epidermis
Dermis
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2 layers of dermis
Papillary layer
| Reticular layer
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Thinner layer of dermis
Papillary layer
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Nipple like projections from dermis towards epidermis
Dermal papillae
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Rete pegs aka
Epithelial ridges
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Mechanoreceptor in the DERMIS responsible for LIGHT TOUCH sensation
Meissner corpuscles
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Nipple like projections from EPIDERMIS to DERMIS (seen in epidermis)
Rete pegs or epithelial ridges
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Other name for Meissner corpuscles
Corpuscles of touch
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Disease assoc with SAW TOOTH LIKE rete pegs
Lichen planus
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White lesion common in Buccal mucosa; can't be rubbed off with clinical appearance = "wickham's striae"
Lichen planus
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White lesion that can be rubbed off
Candidiasis
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Causative agent of Candidiasis
Candida albicans
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Drug of choice for candidiasis
Nystatin (antifungal)
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White lesion = pre-cancerous and can't be rubbed off
Leukoplakia
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White lesion disappears when stretched; also assoc with accumulation of fluid
Leukoedema
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Thicker layer of dermis
Reticular layer
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Reticular layer is attached to what layer
Subcutaneous layer / Hypodermis
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MAJOR NUTRIENT SUPPLIER for the skin
Reticular layer of dermis
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Mechanoreceptor found in Papillary layer of dermis
Meissner corpuscles
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Mechanoreceptors found in Reticular layer of dermis
Ruffini's corpuscle / Bulbous corpuscle
| End-bulb of Krause
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Mechanoreceptor for HOT
Ruffini's corpuscle
"RuffiNiT🔥"
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What cells are in the hypodermis/subcutaneous layer
Adipocytes
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Other name for Ruffini's corpuscles
Bulbous corpuscles
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Mechanoreceptor for STRETCH
Ruffini's corpuscles
"Luffi" ng One piece anime*
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Mechanoreceptor for COLD
End-Bulb of Krause
"Santa Krause❄️"
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Mechanoreceptor for PRESSURE and PROPRIOCEPTION
Pacinian corpuscles
"Pasan pasan pacinian"
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Onion-shaped mechanoreceptor
Pacinian corpuscle
"Pas-onion.."
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Onion skin Rx appearance
Ewing's sarcoma
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Detects BODY POSITIONS; main receptor for proprioception found in joints
Proprioceptors
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Mechanoreceptors for PAIN
Nociceptors and free nerve endings
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Other term for scar
Cicatrix
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Type of collagen present in SCAR
Type 1 collagen
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Sunken scar or depressed scar
Atrophic
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Slightly elevated scar
Hypertrophic
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Excessively elevated scar
Keloid
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Other term for freckles
Ephelides/Ephelis
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Freckels is composed of
Melanin
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Melanocyte overgrowth
Mole/Nevus
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Most dangerous type of Nevus
Junctional nevus
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Most common type of nevus that transforms to malignant melanoma
Junctional nevus
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Deadliest skin cancer
Malignant melanoma
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Red protein (composed of RBC) that carries OXYGEN
Hemoglobin
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Normal count of hemoglobin (average)
14 g/dL
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Normal hemoglobin for females
12-14 g/dL
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Normal hemoglobin for males
14-16 g/dL
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Responsible for orange pigment and for Vit A or Retinol production
Carotene
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Hemoglobin is component of what blood cell
RBC
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Vitamin important for vision
Vit A
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Other name of Vit A
Retinol
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Night blindness bec of deficient in vit A
Nyctalopia
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Keratin buildup or mole in the eyes due to lack of vit A
Bitot's spot
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Vitamin important for energy production (muscle/nerve)
Vit B1
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Other name for vit B1
Thiamine
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Disease assoc with vit B1 deficiency
Beri beri
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Vit important for growth, RBC production, and migraines
Vit B2
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Other name of vit B2
Riboflavin
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Deficiency in vit B2
Angular cheilitis
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Other term for angular cheilitis
Perleche
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Vit important for digestion
Vit B3
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Other name for vit B3
Niacin/Nicotinic Acid
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Vit B3 deficiency (4Ds)
Pellagra: Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia, Death
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Vit B4
Adenine
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Vit B5
Pantothenic Acid
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Vit B6
Pyridoxine
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Vit B7
Biotin
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Vit B8
Inositol
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Vitamin important for PREGNANCY and RBC production
Vit B9
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Vit B9
Folic acid
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Deficiency in Vit B9
Megaloblastic anemia
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Vit B10
PABA: Para-Amino Benzoic Acid
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Vit B11
Salicylic acid
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Vit B12
Cyanocobalamin
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Vit B12 deficiency
Pernicious anemia
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Disease assoc with beefy tongue
Pernicious anemia
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3 vitamins important for RBC production
Vitamin: B2
B9
B12
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Vit important in COLLAGEN PRODUCTION, promotes wound healing and maintains healthy tissue
Vit C
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Vit C
Ascorbic acid
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Vit C deficiency
Scurvy
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Vit important for Calcium absorption
Vit D
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2 other names of vit D
Calciferol
| Sunshine vitamin
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Vit D deficiency in children
Rickets
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Vit D deficiency in adults
Osteomalacia
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Vit that is an Antioxidant for RBC
Vit E
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Vit E
Tocopherol
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Vit important for CLOTTING
Vit K
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Where is vit K produced?
Liver
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Deficiency in vit K can result to
Bleeding tendency
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Absence of melanin
Albinism
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Deficient melanin
Vitiligo
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Bluish skin color due to inadequate oxygen
Cyanosis
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Blue baby syndrome is seen in 3 conditions
✔️ Erythroblastosis fetalis
✔️ Conditional heart defects
✔️ Methemoglobinemia
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Rh incompatibility resulting to cyanosis happens in 2nd baby: plasma cells of mother produces antibodies against Rh+ baby
Erythroblastosis fetalis
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Erythroblastosis fetalis is what type of anemia
Hemolytic anemia
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Loss of blood flow
Shock
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Skin color due to shock or anemia, decrease blood supply in the area
Pallor
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Cells responsible for hair growth
Hair matrix cells
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Smooth muscle for goosebumps
Arrector pili muscle
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Nerve fibers responsible for touch sensation to hair
Hair root plexus
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Partial or complete loss of hair
Alopecia
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Drug of choice or Treatment for Baldness
Minoxidil
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Due to abnormal androgens causing baldness
Androgenic alopecia
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A male sex hormone that promotes hair growth
Androgens
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"Baby hair"
Lanugo
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Excess hair growth in LOCALIZED area
Hirsutism
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GENERALIZED hair growth
Hypertrichosis
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Hypertrichosis is aka
Werewolf man/syndrome
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Secretes sebum to prevent water from evaporating from skin
Sebaceous glands
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Also known as SWEAT GLANDS
Sudoriferous glands
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2 types of swaet glands / Sudoriferous glands
Eccrine
| Apocrine
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Sweat glands found throughout the body
Eccrine glands
"E for Entire body.."
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Sweat glands found in the axilla, areola, inguinal
Apocrine
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Secretes cerumen (earwax)
Ceruminous glands
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How many minutes of sun exposure needed per day (vit D)
15 mins/day
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Waxy material in the ear that protects the ear drum
Cerumen
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Probing force
10-25 g
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Technique for probing
Walking technique
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Molecule in the skin important in vit D synthesis which is activated by UV
7-dehydrocholesterol
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Liver converts activated molecule (7-dehydrocholesterol) into
Calcidiol (inactive)
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Kidney converts Calcidiol into
Calcitriol
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Active form of vit D which allows calcium absorption in GIT
Calcitriol
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Vit D or Calcium deficiency AFTER closure of epiphyseal plate (adults)
Osteomalacia
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Vit D or Calcium deficiency BEFORE closure of epiphyseal plate (children)
Rickets
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2 conditions assoc with BOWLEG's
Rickets
| Congenital Syphilis
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Other name for Rickets
Saber shin (tibia)
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Vit D2
ergoCalCiferol
"2C"
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Vit D3
CholeCalCiferol
"3C"
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Vit D2 and D3, active or inactive?
Inactive
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Sensitive skin when exposed to light rays (UV)); sun allergy
Photosensitivity
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Most common skin cancer located in the MID FACE
Basal cell carcinoma
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Drugs assoc with photosensitivity (side effects)
"TIN"
Tetracyclines
Ibuprofen (advil, medicol etc.)
Naproxen (flanax etc.)
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Chronic skin lesion located in the inner canthus of the eye (in the midface) what possible tumor associated?
Basal cell carcinoma
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Is basal cell carcinoma, benign or malignant?
Malignant (capable to metastasize) but behavior is benign (not aggressive or slow growing)
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Suffix for benign tumors
"-oma"
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4 exceptions for "-oma" that are MALIGNANT
✔️Lymphoma
✔️Melanoma
✔️Multiple myeloma
✔️Neuroblastoma
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Suffix for malignant; Epithelial origin
-carcinoma
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Suffix for malignant; Mesenchymal origin
-sarcoma
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2nd most common skin cancer
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC)
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Most common skin cancer in the ORAL CAVITY
SCC
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Most common site of SCC in oral cavity
Posterolateral border of tongue
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Histologic charac of SCC
Keratin pearls
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Deadliest skin cancer because of high metastatic rate
Melanoma
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Also known as "farmer's carcinoma"
Basal cell carcinoma
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2 routes of metastasis
Blood vessels
| Lymph vessels
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Malignant cancer of lymphocytes
Lymphoma
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Malignant cancer of melanocytes
Melanoma
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Malignant cancer of plasma cells
Multiple myeloma
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Rx app of Multiple Myeloma
Punched out appearance
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Malignant cancer of ADRENAL GLANDS common in children
Neuroblastoma
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Clinical features of Melanoma
"ABCDE"
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Asymmetry
Border
Color
Diameter (>6mm)
Evolving (changes in size, shape, color)
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2 growth patterns of Melanoma
Radial and Vertical
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Horizontal growth pattern of Melanoma
Radial growth
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Deadly growth pattern of melanoma
Vertical growth
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Used in grading burns
Rule of 9
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Most common site of Neurblastoma
Adrenal glands
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Fluid filled in epidermis to dermis
Blister
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Large blister with fluid (>5mm)
Bulla/Bullae
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Small blister with fluid (<5mm)
Vesicle
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Fluid filled but with developed EPITHELIAL WALL
Cyst
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Lining of cyst
Stratified squamous
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Lining of residual cyst
Stratified squamous
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Lining of radicular cyst
Stratified squamous
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Elevation of skin (<10mm)
Papule
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>10mm in diameter
Nodule
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Reddened, elevated, itchy patches of skin; seen in allergic reactions
Hives
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"Pruritus"
Itching
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Assoc with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Wart
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Lining of Primordial cyst
Stratified squamous
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"Common wart"
Verruca vulgaris
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What cellular junctions are attacked by Pemphigus vulgaris
Desmosomes
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Sloughing off seen in Pemphigus vulgaris
Nikolsky sign
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Separation of cells in histology
Acantholysis
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Largest system of the body
Integumentary system
