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Epidermis

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Thin upper layer

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Integument

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Skin. Includes hair nails and excretory glands.

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Dermis

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The under layer

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Accessory organs

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Hair nails and excretory glands

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Hypodermis (subcutaneous layer)

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Fat layer protecting major blood vessels

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5
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Functions of integument

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Protection
Excretes salts
Maintains body temp
Forms vitamin B
Stores nutrients 
Touch receptors
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6
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Causes hardening

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Keratinocytes

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Palms and soles of feet

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Thick epidermis

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Eyelids and belly button

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Thinnest epidermis

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Basale

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Deepest layer

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Basal cell

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Skins stem cell

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Markel cell

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Sensitive to touch

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12
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Melanocytes

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Brown pigment cells

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13
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Spinosum

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Above basale layer

Cells are still dividing

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14
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Langerhans cell

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Fights infection

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15
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Granulosum

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Cells do not divide

Make keratin

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16
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Keratin

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Protect and harden hair skin and nails

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17
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Lucidium

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Only found in thick areas

Soles of feet and palms

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18
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Corneum

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Surface layer

Lasts 2-3 wks

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19
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Gradual evaporation throughout the day

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Insensible perspiration

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20
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Out of glands, depending on activity

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Sensible perspiration

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21
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Caused by epidermal pigments and dermal pigments

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Skin color

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Carotene

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Orange-yellow

Help w vision. Vitamin A

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23
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Melanin

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Brownish-yellow-black

Protects from UV Rays

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24
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Hemoglobin

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Reddish- pink found in blood and carries oxygen.

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25
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Hemoglobin: flushed skin

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Dialated vessels

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Hemoglobin: cyanosis, blue

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Constricted vessels

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27
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When blood vessels expand, you look more red. When blood vessels constrict, you look more blue.

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Dermal circulation

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28
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Contains dermal papilla, sensory neurons and capillaries

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Superficial papillary

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29
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Deeper. Holds structure in place.

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Reticular layer

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30
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Loss of elastin in dermis due to UV exposure

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Wrinkles

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31
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Meissner corpusles

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Light touch

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Pacinian corpussles

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Heavy pressure

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Hair structure- root

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Anchors hair to skin

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Hair bulb

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Surrounds hair follicle and connects it to blood vessels and nerves

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Hair shaft

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Above the skin

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Cuticle

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Outer surface

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Cortex

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Middle layer with thick layer of keratin

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Medulla

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Inner core

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Straight hair

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Round follicle

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Curly hair

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Flat follicle

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Lanugo hair

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1st hair to form in embryo

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Vellus

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Fine hair on body. Most common

43
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Terminal

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Heave dark coarse and curly

44
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Caused by melanin levels

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Hair color

45
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High levels of melanin

Low levels of melanin

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Dark

Light

46
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Functions of hair

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Protect
Insulate
Clean air
Sensory

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Arrector pili muscles

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Smooth muscles attached to hairs and make them stand on end

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Hair growth

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Grows for 2-5 years

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Club hair

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Hair at the end of its life

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Sebaceous glands

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Oil glands.

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Lumen

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Ducts of oil glands

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Sudoriferous glands

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Sweat glands

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Apocrine sweat glands

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Secretes into hair follicle

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Eccrine

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More numerous, smaller

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Functions of sweat glands

A

Fools body temp
Releases water and electrolytes
Protects against bacteria and viruses

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Mammary gland

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Breasts and release milk

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Ceruminous

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Release ear wax

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Dead hardened tightly packed cells

59
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Visible part of nail

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Free edge

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Front of nail

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Skin sides that touch nails

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Nail folds

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End of finger tip

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Hyponychium

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Non visible back of nail

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Cuticle

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Eponychium

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Lunula

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White half moons at base of nail

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Steps to repair

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Bleeding
Scab forms
Fibroblasts form new skin tissue
Scab is shed

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1st degree burn

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Pain and redness

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2nd degree

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Epidermis and dermis damaged

Blisters and pain

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3rd degree

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Epidermis dermis and hypodermis damaged

Loss of sensation

70
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Erythmema

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Redness of skin

71
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20% burns are dangerous because

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Fluid loss
Cannot regulate body temp
Bacterial infection likely

72
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Sepsis

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Widespread body and blood infection

73
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Autograft

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Animal skin

74
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Xenografts

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Animal skin

75
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Allograft

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Donor skin

76
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Split thickness

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Epidermis and dermis taken

Top 2

77
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Full thickness

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All 3 layers

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