7Integumentary&Body temp/water

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Study of the skin and skin disorders

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Dermatology

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Contains stratum germinativum and stratum corneum

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Epidermis

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Contains adipose tissue; also called hypodermis

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Subcutaneous Layer

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Layer that insulates the body from extreme temperature changes and anchors the skin to the underlying structures

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Subcutaneous Layer

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Layer of the skin that contains the blood vessels, nerves, and sensory receptors; Underneath the epidermis

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Dermis

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Epidermal layer that forms around the bathtub ring; This epidermal layer forms corns and calluses; Desquamation and exfoliation refer to this layer

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Stratum Corneum

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Surface layer of the epidermis that makes up most of the epidermal thickness

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Stratum Corneum

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Layer of epidermis that continuously produces millions of cells every day; epidermal layer that sits on the dermis

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Stratum Germinativum

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A protein that flattens and hardens the skin, and makes the skin water resistant

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Keratin

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Another name for the skin; another name for the cutaneous membrane

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Integument

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Oil glands; a pimple is formed when the sebum of this blocked gland becomes infected

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Sebaceous Gland

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Babies are born with a “cream cheese-like” covering called the vernix caseosa that is secreted by these glands

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Sebaceous Gland

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Sweat glands that cause body odor and are responsible for pheromones

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Apocrine Gland

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Sweat glands that are usually associated with hair follicles and are found in the axillary and pubic region

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Apocrine Gland

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Sweat glands that respond to emotional stress and also become activated when a person is sexually aroused

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Apocrine Gland

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Sweat glands that play the most important role in temperature regulation

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Eccrine Gland

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These glands and the apocrine glands are classified as sudoriferous glands

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Eccrine Gland

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More numerous and widely spread; not associated with hair follicles; responsible for sensible perspiration

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Eccrine Gland

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Milk-secreting glands classified as modified sweat glands

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Mammary Glands

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Modified sweat glands that secrete ear wax

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Ceruminous Glands

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Pigment that darkens the skin; pigment secreting cells stimulated by ultraviolet radiation

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Melanin

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Condition in which no melanin is secreted

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Albinism

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Loss of pigment in the skin that creates patches of white skin

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Vitiligo

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Melanin located in local areas; benign

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Freckles

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Highly malignant form of skin caner that arises from melanocytes

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Melanoma

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Substance that gives asians slight yellowish skin coloring

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Carotene

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Caused by vasoconstriction of the dermal blood vessels; described as ashen

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Pallor

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Condition in which the skin has a bluish tint caused by a diminished amount of oxygen in the blood; color change caused by hypoxemia

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Cyanosis

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Shaggy/hairy

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Hirsutism

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Yellowing of the skin caused by an accumulation of bilirubin in the skin

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Jaundice

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Hair loss

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Alopecia

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Temperature within the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal cavities

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Core temperature

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Mechanisms whereby the body balances heat production and heat loss

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Thermoregulation

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About 500 mL/day of water is lost through the skin

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Insensible perspiration

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Eccrine glands are responsible for this type of perspiration

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Sensible perspiration

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Modes of heat loss

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Evaporation, Radiation, Conduction, Convection

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Heat production caused by the metabolism of brown fat in the neonate

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Nonshivering thermogenesis

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Temperature of the surface areas such as skin, mouth, and axilla

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Shell temperature

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Thermostat of the body

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Hypothalamus

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Type of temperature elevation often caused by an infection; elevated temperature that is treated with drugs such as asprin

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Pyrexia

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Elevation of body temperature that is secondary to an increase in the temperature set point; another name for fever

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Pyrexia

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Type of temperature elevation that is caused by exercising in excessively hot weather

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Hyperthermia

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Chronic lung & heart disease causes a condition that indicates that the fingertips and nails have received an insufficient supply of oxygenated blood

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Clubbing

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Dead burned tissue that forms a thick, inflexible, scab-like layer over the burned surface; can cut off blood flow and prevent chest expansion; can secrete toxins into blood

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Eschar