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Chapter 4: Integumentary System Flashcards

1
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What percentage of our body weight is exclusively skin?

A

7%

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2
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What are the two layers of skin?

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Epidermis and Dermis

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3
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What is the deepest layer of the skin called?

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Hypodermis

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4
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What are the types of cell in the epidermis?(4)

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Keratinocytes, merkel cells, langerhans/dentritic cells, melanocytes

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What is the most abundant type of cell in the epidermis?

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Keratinocytes

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6
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What type of cell is the epidermis?

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keratinized stratified squamous epithelial

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7
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What is the Pacinian corpuscle?

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Sensory organ

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8
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What is the functions of keratinocytes?

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Produce keratin

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9
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What is the function of merkel cells?

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Detection of light touch and pressure

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10
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Where is the Merkel cells found?

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At the dermo epidermal junction

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11
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What are the Langerhans/dentritic cells?

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Phagocytic cells

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12
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What is the function of melanocytes? (2)

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Production of pigment melanin
Protects against UV radiation

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13
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What are the five layers of epidermis? Name them from deep to superficial

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  1. Stratum basale (mitotic layer) [stratum germinativum]
  2. Stratum spinosum (spiny layer)
  3. Stratum granulosum
  4. Stratum lucidum (clear layer)
  5. Stratum corneum (horny layer)
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14
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What is the function of stratum basale?

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Contain stem cells that undergo mitosis to form keratinocytes which form the more superficial layers of epidermis

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15
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What cells do stratum basale contain?

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Merkel cells and Melanocytes

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16
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Which layer contains some amount of mitotic cell activity?

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Stratum spinosum

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17
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Why is the stratum spinosum called the spiky layer?

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Cells are held together with spiny projections

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18
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What cells does stratum spinosum contain?

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langerhans cells

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19
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What does Stratum granulosum consist of?

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Keratinocytes with deep staining granules

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20
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What are the two types of granules in stratum granulosum?

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keratohyalin granules and lamellated granules

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21
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What is the function of keratohyalin granules?

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help form keratin

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22
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What is the function of lamellated granules?

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Contain a waterproofing glycolipid

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What is the stratum lucidum layer composed of?

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a few rows of flat, dead, keratinocytes

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24
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Where is stratum lucidum layer seen?

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only in thick skin

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25
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Which layer is not seen on every surface of the body?

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stratum lucidum

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26
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What is the stratum corneum composed of?

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thick layer if dead keratinocytes and thickened plasma membranes

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What is the function of stratum corneum?

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protects skin against dehydration, abrasion and penetration by microbes

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28
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What are the extensions of the dermis called?

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Dermil papillae

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29
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What are the extension/depressions of the epidermis into the dermis called?

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epidermal ridges

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30
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What does the dermis contain? (4)

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Blood vessels, sweat, sebaceous glands and lamellar corpuscles

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30
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What is the dermis composed of? Name them from superficial to deep

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  1. Papillary layer
  2. Reticular layer
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31
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What is the papillary layer composed of?

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areolar CT

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32
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Which layer produces sweat that leaves fingerprints in hands and feet?

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papillary layer

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33
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How much of the dermal layer is reticular layer?

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80%

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34
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What is the reticular layer composed of?

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dense irregular CT

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35
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What is another name for hypodermis?

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superficial fascia or subcutaneous layer

36
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What tissues does hypodermis contain?

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contains areolar and adipose connective tissues

37
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What is the function of hypodermis? 3

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anchors skin to underlying structures, thermal insulator, acts as shock absorber

38
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What is alibinism?

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A genetic disorder with inability if melanocytes to produce melanin, which affects coloring of skin hair and nails

39
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What is vitiligo?

A

The melanocytes in certain areas lose their ability to produce melanin, possible due to an autoimmune reaction. This leads to a loss of color in patches

40
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What are the accessory skin structures (appendages) 3

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Hair, glands, nails

41
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Where is hair not found? 6

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palms, soles, lips, nipples, parts of external genitalia, and distal segments of fingers and toes

42
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What type of glands are included in the skin? 3

A

sebaceous (oil) glands
sweat glands
mammary glands

43
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What is hair made of?

A

Flexible type of dead, keratinizes epithelial structure

44
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What are the main parts of the hair?

A

root and shaft

45
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What is the root?

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the part of hair that is imbedded in the skin and enclosed in a sheath (hair follicle)

46
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What is the shaft?

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Part of the hair that projects above the skin surface

47
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What is the three concentric layers of keratinized cells?

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medulla (central core), cortex (surrounds medulla), cuticle (outermost layer)

48
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What is a hair follicle made up of?

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hair bulb and root plexus

49
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What is the hair bulb?

A

deep, expanded end of the hair follicle

50
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What is the root plexus?

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knot of sensory nerves around the hair bulb

51
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What is the hair bulb composed of?

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Hair follicle, wall of hair follicle and arrector pilli muscle

52
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What is the wall of hair follicle made of?

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inner connective tissue root sheath and outer epithelial root sheath

53
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What is the arrector pilli muscle and what does it do?

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It is a bundle of smooth muscle that connects hair follicle to dermal tissue and contracts to erect hair

54
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Where are sebaceous glands found?

A

everywhere in the body

55
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What type of glands are sebaceous glands?

A

exocrine glands

56
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What do sebaceous glands secrete?

A

sebum, an oily substance

57
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How does sebaceous glands secrete sebum?

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Holocrine secretion - entire cell breaks up to form secretion

58
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What type of exocrine glands is sebaceous glands?

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simple branched alveolar gland

59
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What is the function of sebum? 2

A

Softens and lubricated hair and skin
prevents bacterial infection

60
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What is another name for sweat gland?

A

sudoriferous glands

61
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What is sweat made up of?

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99% water with some salts and traces of metabolic wastes

62
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What are the two types of sweat glands?

A

eccrine glans and apocrine glans

63
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Which gland produces true sweat?

A

Eccrine gland

64
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How does sweat from eccrine gland reach skin surface?

A

through a duct that open externally through sweat pore

65
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What is the most numerous sweat gland?

A

eccrine gland

66
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Where is apocrine sweat gland found? 3

A

axillary, anal and genital areas

67
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What is the larger sweat gland?

A

aprocrine gland

68
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What does apocrine gland produce?

A

special kind of sweat

69
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How does the sweat from apocrine gland move to the surface?

A

their ducts empty into hair follicle

70
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What are nails made of?

A

hard dead keratin

71
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Where do nails grow from?

A

nail matrix

72
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What are the parts of nails?

A

free edge, body and root

73
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How are burns classified?

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By area and depth (degree) of burn

74
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How is first degree burn classified?

A

only epidermis is damaged (ex. sunburn)

75
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How is second degree burn classified?

A

upper part of dermis is also damaged. Blisters appear bur skin heals with little scarring

76
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How is third degree burn classified?

A

consumption of all thickness of skin (dermis and epidermis), are turns white, red or blackened. Heals with scarring but needs skin grafting

77
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How is fourthdegree burn classified?

A

Full thickness burns but extend to deeper tissues

78
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What is the rule of 9?

A

Ant. and pos. head and neck = 9%
Ant. and pos. upper limbs 18%
Ant. and posterior trunk 36%
Anterior and post. low limb 36%
Perinum = 1%

79
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Define neoplasms

A

An abnormal mass of tissue that forms when cells grow and divide more than they should or do not die when they should

80
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What is an example of a benign neoplasm?

A

Warts (HPV virus)

81
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What is the least malignant neoplasm?

A

basal carcinoma

82
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What is the most malignant neoplasm?

A

malignant melanoma

83
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What is the another type of malignant neoplasm?

A

squamous cell carcinoma

84
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What is most common malignant neoplasm?

A

basal cell carcinoma

85
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Where and how does squamous cell carcinoma arise?

A

UV exposure, arises in stratum spinosum

86
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Which cell is malignant melanoma arised from?

A

melanocytes

87
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How does malignant melanoma arise?

A

accumulated DNA damage in a skin cell

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