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Chapter 3 Integumentary Flashcards

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1
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Integumentary System

A 
Skin
Hair
Nails
Sebaceouse glands
Sweat glands
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Albin/o

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White

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Cauter o

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To burn

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Diaphor/o

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Profuse sweating

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Ichthy/o

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Scaly, dry

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Kerat/o

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Hard

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Melan/o

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Black

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Myco/o

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Fungus

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Necr/o

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Death

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Pedicul/o

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Lice

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Py/o

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Pus

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Rhytid/o

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Wrinkled

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Scler/o

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Hard

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Seb/o

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Oil

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Ungu/o

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Nail

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Xer/o

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Dry

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-derma

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Skin conditions

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Allo-

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Other, different from usual

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Xeno-

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Foreign

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-gen

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That which produces

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Epidermis

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Superficial layer of skin

Squamous Epithelial Cells

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Dermis

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Living layer of the skin
Contains hair follicles, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, blood vessels, lymph vessels, sensory receptors, nerves, and muscles

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Subcutaneous layer

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Fat layer of the skin, underlying dermis layer.
Insulate for heat and cold
Hypodermis

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Basal layer

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Deepest layer in Epidermis
Continually growing and multiplying
Causes Keratin on the outside

Contains melanocyte - skin pigmentation
Protects skin from UV

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Arrector pili

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Smooth muscles around hair follicles

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Lunula

A

LOO-nyoo-lah

Light colored, half-moon region at the base of a nail

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Apocrine

A

(AP-oh-krin)
Sweat glands in the pubic and underarm
Produces odor

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Crin/o

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To secret

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Perspiration

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Sweat

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Ulcer

A

Open sore in skin or mucous membranes

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urticaria

A

er tih KAIR ee ah

Hive- skin eruption of pale reddish wheals with severe itching

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Wheal

A

Small round swollen area on skin

Usually accompanied by urticaria

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Xeroderma

A

zeer oh DER mah

Condition in which skin is abnormally dry

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Xer/o

A

Dry

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Abscess

A

Collection of pus

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Acne Rosacea

A

roh ZAY shee ah

Chronic form of acne

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Acne vulgaris

A

Common acne in teens

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-oma

A

Tumor

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Cellulitis

A

sell yoo LYE tis

Acute infection and inflammation of connective tissue

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Cicatrix

A

SIK ah triks

A scar

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decubitus ulcer

A

dee KYOO bih tus

Open sore cause by pressure cutting off blood flow overlying skin

Ex. Sleeping on one side for too long

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Eczema

A

EK zeh mah

Superficial dermatitis of unknown cause accompanied by redness vesicle itching and crusting

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Ichthyosis

A

ik thee OH sis

Skin becomes dry and keratinized

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Impetigo

A

im peh TYE goh

Infectious bacterial infection of skin with rupture and crusted over

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

A

KAP oh sis

Form of skin cancer in AIDS patients

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Keloid

A

KEE loyd

Formation of raised and thickened hypertrophic scar after surgery or injury

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Laceration

A

lass er AY shun

Torn or jagged wound

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Malignant melanoma

MM

A

Dangerous form of skin cancer

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Pediculosis

A

peh dik yoo LOH sis

Infestation with lice

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Rubella

A

Contagious viral skin

German measles

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Scabies

A

Skin disease caused by egg laying mite

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Strawberry Hemangioma

A

Hee man jee OH mah

Collection of dilated blood vessels
Red birthmark

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Systemic lupus erythematosus

A

air ih them ah TOH sus

Chronic disease of connective tissues that injures skin, joint, kidney, nervous system, mucous membranes

Autoimmune disease

May produces rashes around cheeks and nose

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Tinea

A

TIN ee ah

Fungal skin disease

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Capitis

A

KAP ih tis

Head

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Varicella

A

vair ih CELL ah

Viral skin infection (contagious)
Chickenpox

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Verruca

A

ver ROO kah

Warts

Benign caused by virus

Removed by chemotherapy

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Vitilligo

A

vit ill EYE goh

Disappearance of pigment

Leukoderma

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alopecia

A

al oh PEE shee ah

Loss of hair

Baldness

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Furuncle

A

FYOO rung kl

Bacterial infection of hair follicles

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Trich/o

A

Hair

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onychia

A

Oh NIK ee ah

Infected nail bed

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Urticaria

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Hives

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