Chapter 4 Flashcards
Tissue damage and cell death caused by intense heat, electricity, ultraviolet radiation (sunburn), or certain chemicals (such as acids), which denature proteins and cause cell death in the affected areas.
Burns
The skin; composed of epidermal and dermal layers.
Cutaneous Membrane
Layer of skin that is made up mostly of dense connective tissue.
Dermis
The outermost layer of skin; is made up of stratified squamous epithelium that is capable of becoming hard and tough.
Epidermis
Glands that have ducts through which their secretions are carried to a body surface (skin or mucosa).
Exocrine Glands
Collection of lymphocytes in a lymph node.
Follicle
Skin
Integument
To produce keratin or become like keratin.
Keratinizing
The dark pigment synthesized by melanocytes; responsible for skin color.
Melanin
Membrane that forms the linings of body cavities open to the exterior (digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive tracts).
Mucous Membrane
A scalelike modification of the epidermis that corresponds to the hoof or claw of other animals.
Nails
Glands that empty their sebum secretion into hair follicles.
Sebaceous Glands
Membrane that lines a cavity without an opening to the outside of the body (except for joint cavities, which have a synovial membrane); serosa
Serous Membrane
Tissue beneath the skin.
Subcutaneous Tissue
The glands that produce a saline solution called sweat; also called sudoriferous glands.
Sweat glands
